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Author Foley, Michael, 1948-

Title American credo : the place of ideas in US politics / Michael Foley
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2007]
©2007

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 MELB  320.97301 Fol/Act  AVAILABLE
Description 482 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Freedom -- The individual -- Wealth -- Democracy -- The rule of law -- Equality -- Morality -- Progress -- Order -- Capitalism -- Pluralism -- Liberalism -- Conservatism -- Populism -- Nationalism -- Dealing with ideas -- Present and future challenges
Summary "The fundamental aim of this study is to examine the traditions and usages of American political ideas within the arena of practical politics. By locating them in their respective contexts, it will be possible to assess both their changing meanings and their shifting relationships to one another."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject National characteristics, American.
Political culture -- United States.
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
Author Wittman, Donald A.
LC no. 2007014214
ISBN 0199232679 (hbk.)
9780199232673 (hbk.)
OTHER TI Oxford scholarship online. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006024588