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Jean Hardisty has authored many published essays on the inner workings and motivations of the right. Her book, Mobilizing Resentment: Conservative Resurgence from the John Birch Society to the Promise Keepers, was published by Beacon Press in October 1999 and is now available in paperback.

Books

Mobilizing Resentment: Conservative Resurgence from the John Birch Society to the Promise Keepers
by Jean V. Hardisty
Beacon Press, October, 1999.
Beacon Press, Paperback edition, September, 2000.


Articles, Chapters, and Reports

"Exporting Right-Wing Christianity"
By Jean Hardisty and Chip Berlet
Unpublished essay, December, 2011
"Holding the Center: To build on the gains of Obama’s presidency, progressive activists must focus on recruitment"
By Jean Hardisty and Deepak Bhargava
The Nation, July 19/26, 2010, vol. 291, numbers 3 & 4.
"How Women Can Succeed: An Alternative View"
by Jean Hardisty
Wellesley Research & Action Report, Spring/Summer, 2010, vol. 31, no. 2.
"Marriage as a Cure for Poverty? Social Science Through a 'Family Values' Lens"
by Jean Hardisty
A Report co-published by Political Research Associates and the Women of Color Resource Center, March, 2008.
"Pushed to the Altar: The Right Wing Roots of Marriage Promotion"
by Jean Hardisty
A Report co-published by Political Research Associates and the Women of Color Resource Center, 2008.
"Promoting Marriage to Cure Poverty"
by Jean Hardisty
Peacework, Spring, 2007.
"Books Matter"
by Jean Hardisty
The Women's Review of Books, May/June, 2006.
"Why the South?"
by Jean Hardisty
Fair Play, newsletter of United for a Fair Economy, Spring, 2006.
"Marriage as a Bogus Cure for Poverty: Keeping low-income women safe is in our hands"
by Jean Hardisty
Research and Action Report, Fall/Winter, 2005.
"Wrong About the Right"
by Jean Hardisty & Deepak Bhargava
The Nation, November 7, 2005.
"Crime and Political Ideology"
by Jean V. Hardisty
The Public Eye, Winter, 2004.
"Policing Civil Society: NGO Watch"
by Jean V. Hardisty and Elizabeth Furdon
The Public Eye, Spring, 2004.
"Challenging Marriage as a Cure for Poverty"
by Jean V. Hardisty
Response, (United Methodist Women), April, 2003.
"Drifting Right and Going Wrong"
by Chip Berlet and Jean V. Hardisty
National Council of Jewish Women Journal, vol. 25, no. 3., Winter, 2002.
"The Right's Campaign Against Welfare"
by Jean V. Hardisty and Lucy A. Williams
From Poverty to Punishment: How Welfare Reform Punishes the Poor, Applied Research Center, Gary Delgado, ed., 2002.
"Mapping the Progressive Movement"
by Jean V. Hardisty and Ana Perea
A Report from Political Research Associates, December, 2001.
"Rights for Some: The Erosion of U.S. Democracy"
by Jean V. Hardisty
A Report from Political Research Associates, 2001.
"Affirming Racial Inequality"
by Jean V. Hardisty
The Public Eye, Winter, 1999.
"Kitchen Table Backlash: The Anti-Feminist Women's Movement"
by Jean V. Hardisty
Unravelling the Right, Westview Press, Amy Ansell, ed., 1998.
"Cancer and Poverty: Double Jeopardy for Women"
by Jean V. Hardisty and Ellen Leopold
Sojourner: The Women's Forum, Dec., 1992.
Confronting Cancer, Constructing Change, Midge Stocker (ed.), 1993.
Myths of Powerlessness, M. Brinton Lykes and Ramsay Liem, eds., Revised version, 1996.
"Marketing Homophobia"
by Jean V. Hardisty and Amy Gluckman
Homo Economics: Capitalism, Community, and Lesbian and Gay Life in the United States, Betsy Reed and Amy Gluckman (eds.), 1997.
"What Now? Strategic Thinking About the Progressive Movement and the Right"
by Jean V. Hardisty
The Public Eye, Spring, 1997.
"My On-Again, Off-Again Romance With Liberalism"
by Jean V. Hardisty
Brown Paper Series, April, 1996.
"The Resurgent Right: Why Now?"
by Jean V. Hardisty
The Public Eye, Fall/Winter, 1995.
Liberal Religious Education, no. 17, "A Liberal Religious Response to the Radical Right", Excerpted, Fall/Winter, 1996-97.
"Constructing Homophobia: Colorado's Right-wing Attack on Homosexuals"
by Jean V. Hardisty
The Public Eye, March, 1993.
Eyes Right!, Chip Berlet (ed.), Revised version, 1995.
"The Invasion of Massachusetts: A Case Study of Stealth Politics"
by Jean V. Hardisty
Resist Newsletter, May/June, 1994.
"The Antigay Agenda"
by Jean V. Hardisty
Open Hands, Fall, 1993.
"Kitchen Table Anti-Communism: Conservative Women in the USA"
by Jean V. Hardisty
Das Argument, vol. 171, 1988.
"ACLU Speakers Manual on Abortion"
by Jean V. Hardisty
Reproductive Rights Project, 1981, reprinted 1982.


Book Reviews

"The Limits of Loyalty"
by Jean V. Hardisty
A review of Tanya Melich, The Republican War Against Women.
The Women's Review of Books, April, 1996.
"Writer/Activist Mab Segrest Confronts Racism"
by Jean V. Hardisty
An interview with Mab Segrest and review of her book Memoir of a Race Traitor.
Sojourner: The Women's Forum, August, 1994.
"Confessions of a Religious Defender"
by Jean V. Hardisty
A review of Stephen Carter, The Culture of Disbelief: How American Law and Politics Trivialize Religious Devotion.
The Public Eye, December, 1993.
The Body Politic, , February, 1994.
"Overcoming Violence: Pride Becomes A Movement"
by Jean V. Hardisty
A review of Margaret Cruikshank, The Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movement, Gary Comstock, Violence Against Lesbians and Gay Men, and Ruthann Robson, Lesbian (Out)law: Survival Under the Rule of Law.
The Public Eye, March, 1993.
"Environmental Justice: Grassroots Constituencies Criticize the Movement"
by Jean V. Hardisty
A review of Robert Bullard (ed.), Confronting Environmental Racism, Richard Hofrichter (ed.) Toxic Struggles, and Joni Seager, Earth Follies.
The Public Eye, June, 1993.
"Rightward-Bound Currents"
by Jean V. Hardisty
A review of David Bennett, The Party of Fear, and David Hoeveler, Watch On The Right.
Foundation News, July/August, 1992.
"Women's Cancer Movement Finds Its Voice"
by Jean V. Hardisty
A review of Judith Brady (ed.), One In Three; Women with Cancer Confront an Epidemic and Midge Stocker (ed.), Cancer as a Women's Issue.
Sojourner: The Women's Forum, March, 1992.
"Review of David H. Bennett, The Party of Fear: From Nativist Movements to the New Right in American History"
by Jean V. Hardisty
Radical America, vol. 23, nos. 2 and 3, 1990.

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