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Autore |
McGowan John <1953-> |
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Titolo |
American liberalism [[electronic resource] ] : an interpretation for our time / / John McGowan |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-8078-8507-X |
0-8078-8508-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (282 p.) |
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Collana |
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H. Eugene & Lillian Youngs Lehman |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Liberalism - United States |
Electronic books. |
United States Politics and government 2001-2009 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: America at the Crossroads; BOOK ONE: LIBERALISM: PRINCIPLES AND VALUES; BOOK TWO: LIBERALISM'S CRITICS; BOOK THREE: HISTORICAL INTERLUDE; BOOK FOUR: DEMOCRACY; CONCLUSION: Liberal versus Illiberal Democracy; APPENDIX: Relevant Facts and Figures; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Americans live in a liberal democracy. Yet, although democracy is widely touted today, liberalism is scorned by both the right and the left. The United States stands poised between its liberal democratic tradition and the illiberal alternatives of liberalism's critics. In an engaging and informative discussion, McGowan offers a ringing endorsement of American liberalism's basic principles, values, and commitments. He explains that the liberalism of the founders distributed power widely in order to limit the power any one entity could exercise over others. Their aim was to provide for all an ef |
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