Ideology and Political Choice

The Search for Freedom, Justice, and Virtue

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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Beskrivning

"A lively and illuminating examination and texturing of current ideologies on the American political landscape. Its gracfully written presentation will bring students to an understanding of the ideological impulses that shape our politics and help determine the country's current direction. I look forward to using it in my classes for its intelligence, its content, and its clarity."

—Joel H. Silbey
Cornell University

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1995-01-01
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:312
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9781566430173

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Politik och statsskick inom Samhälle och politik

Innehållsförteckning

Part 1 Introduction. Part 2 The British background: a preview; the focus on the individual; constitutional government and civil rights; economic freedom, laissez faire?; social Darwinism; new liberalism; a national consensus?; reprise; reason, tolerance, and progress. Part 3 Progressive liberalism - the New Deal: the Great Depression; laissez faire?; Roosevelt's stance; New Deal legislation; Roosevelt's ideology . Part 4 progressive liberalism - the great society and welfare: the end of ideology; expanded New Deal programs; food stamps; Medicare and Medicaid; economic opportunity; redistributive?; the market; Johnson's ideology. Part 5 Progressive liberalism - equal treatment: Jim Crow; racial discrimination and the problem of redress; the Voting Rights Act of 1965; equal treatment for nonracial groups; multiculturalism; the environment. Part 6 Progressive liberalism - its nature: liberty; equality; tolerance and neutrality; the role of reason; the usefulness of government; welfare; taxes; underlying postulates; epilogue. Part 7 Libertarianism: liberty and the market; why liberty and the market?; collectivism? coercion?; social justice?, social responsibility?, uphold virtue?, equality?; criticisms of government; limited or minimal government; welfare and the Welfare State; private coercion; Robert Nozick; anarchocapitalism; social rigidities; externalities; reprise. Part 8 Public choice: assumptions; the argument; qualifications; the prescription; critique. Part 9 Conservative conservatism: distrust of rationalism; preference for the known; change; ideology, tradition, and God's will; "fusionism,". Part 10 Economic conservatism: hostility to government; taxes; the seven fat years; hostility to regulatory activities; equality of opportunity; welfare; crime; reprise. Part 11 Social conservatism - the source of moral rules; the program. Part 12 Progressive conservatism: the need for governmental action; empowerment; enterprise zones; housing; welfare reform; education; health care; nonpoverty concerns; big government? Part 13 Neoconservatism: hostility to communism and support for western values; hostility to egalitarianism; the Welfare State; defending America; virtue; neos and other conservatives. Part 14 Foreign policies: the terminological muddle; anticommunism and the Soviet threat; diplomacy, international law, and international organization; human rights and democracy; isolationism; America first; conservative conservatism; a new world order? Part 15 neoliberalisms: is liberalism discreditable?; a neoliberal manifesto; the end of equality; community; a new democrat? Part 16 Concluding observations: a comparison of conceptualizations; sources of agreement/disagreement.