An Interdisciplinary Study of the Origins and Development of American Conservative Regime in the Context of Globalization

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This study has aimed to analyze how the conservative political regime of modern USA has evolved in the age of globalization after the 1980s. One of its major findings is the circulation system of neoliberal generic ideas through American domestic as well as international political economy. This circulation mechanism is maintained and promoted by the so-called Washington consensus composed by federal bureaucracy, conservative congressmen, financial and business community, and some public think tanks. The Washington consensus has been the heart of the present conservative regime and has been little affected by the changes of the governing parties and presidents. This study has found that modern political conservatives no longer adhere to the traditional or particularistic values but that they rather embrace universalistic neoliberalism.