| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 333 pages) : charts |
| Contents |
Politics for our time / Theda Skocpol and Stanley B. Greenberg -- You are not alone / Jeff Faux -- Economy, the community, and the public sector / Alan Brinkley -- New social inequality and affirmative opportunity / William Julius Wilson -- Case for social insurance / Theodore R. Marmor and Jerry L. Mashaw -- A partnership with American families / Theda Skocpol -- Political economy of citizenship / Michael J. Sandel -- Reconnecting people and politics / Margaret Weir and Marshall Ganz -- Battle for the states / Karen M. Paget -- Championing democracy reforms / Miles S. Rapoport and Marc Caplan -- Emerging Democratic majority / Paul Starr -- Reversing Southern Republicanism / Ira Katznelson -- Globalization, the racial divide, and a new citizenship / Michael C. Dawson -- Popularizing progressive politics / Stanley B. Greenberg |
| Summary |
In an era of widespread and unsettling change in families, businesses, and communities, most Americans yearn for a government that will take their side. The contributors to this bold and visionary book argue that America is ready for a progressive politics with substance and bite. They contend that by embarking on a popular progressive course, the Democratic Party can become the moral voice and practical partner of American families striving for a better life. This provocative book is a dialogue among Stanley B. Greenberg, Theda Skocpol, and other well-known thinkers. They reject conservative answers to America's most pressing problems - fraying social ties, hard-pressed families, sluggish economic growth, and widening gaps between the circumstances of the most privileged and those of everyone else. They urge a renewal of the nation's social contract, explain how to revitalize American democracy |
| Notes |
Contains essays first presented at "the New Majority conference ... [at] Airlie House in Virginia on January 10-12, 1997"--Page xi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-314) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Democratic Party (U.S.)
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Democratic Party (U.S.) fast |
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Progressivism (United States politics)
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties.
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Economic policy
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Politics and government
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Progressivism (United States politics)
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Social policy
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-
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United States -- Economic policy -- 1993-
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United States -- Social policy -- 1993-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92006374
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United States
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Greenberg, Stanley B., 1945-
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Skocpol, Theda
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| ISBN |
0585378533 |
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9780585378534 |
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9780300147414 |
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0300147414 |
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