Acknowledgments . . vii Introduction . . 1 I: Rights . . 19 1 Liberty and Rights in American and British Conservatism . . 21 II: Foreign Policy . . 43 2 New Directions in British Foreign Policy? . . 45 3 Conservative US Foreign Policy . . 63 III: Religion . . 79 4 Religion and Conservatism in the United Kingdom . . 81 5 The Religious Right in the United States: Obscured by Libertarianism? . . 99 IV: Economics . . 113 6 The British Conservative Party and Economic Policy: From Mrs. Thatcher to David Cameron . . 115 7 Free-Market Conservatives Faced with the Economic Crisis: The Paradox of a Revival in the United States . . 143 Conclusion . . 165 Index . . 173 About the Contributors . . 175