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Not quite right.(The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America)(Book Review)

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The Right Nation: Conservative Power in America, by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge (Penguin, 450 pp., $25.95)

MICKLETHWAIT and Wooldridge, both writers for The Economist, have chosen a book title with two meanings. They are exploring American conservatism, which they see as a nation within a nation, with its own beliefs and folkways. They also wish to explain why America is so much more conservative than all other advanced countries. Their conclusion: America's conservatism is rooted deeply in its character, and is likely to grow.

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