US Republicans and the New Fusionism

@article{Ashbee2023USRA,  title={US Republicans and the New Fusionism},  author={Edward Ashbee and Alex Waddan},  journal={The Political Quarterly},  year={2023},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:266282896}}
US Republicanism and conservatism were structured around ‘fusionism’ from the 1950s onwards. Disparate ideas and interests were ‘fused’ in a broad coalitional bloc that was based upon a commitment to free markets, moral or cultural traditionalism and a commitment to US national security, as well as global power projection. There have, however, been significant shifts in recent years as many Republicans have turned against the larger corporations which appear to have little loyalty to the US… 

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