LEADER 04418nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910826784603321 005 20240418031358.0 010 $a0-8122-0909-5 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812209099 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418298 035 $a(EBL)3442179 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000981054 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11505250 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000981054 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10969150 035 $a(PQKB)11629915 035 $a(OCoLC)859161098 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse26744 035 $a(DE-B1597)449727 035 $a(OCoLC)979623425 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812209099 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442179 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748611 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682486 035 $a(OCoLC)932312954 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442179 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418298 100 $a20080321d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnna---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aIn search of progressive America /$fedited by Michael Kazin ; with Frans Becker and Menno Hurenkamp 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (168 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-322-51204-3 311 0 $a0-8122-2038-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [149]-157). 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction Toward a Second Coming? /$rKazin, Michael --$tChapter 1. Democrats and the World /$rYglesias, Matthew --$tChapter 2. Cultivating Our Own Garden /$rBacevich, Andrew J. --$tChapter 3. America's Encounter with Immigrants /$rGerstle, Gary --$tChapter 4. The Media Obstacle /$rGitlin, Todd --$tChapter 5. Think Tanks and the War of Ideas in American Politics /$rRich, Andrew --$tChapter 6. From Incremental to Transformative Change /$rKlein, Ezra --$tChapter 7. Rebuilding the Welfare State in the United States /$rBaker, Dean --$tChapter 8. Families Valued /$rKornbluh, Karen --$tChapter 9. How Labor Can Win /$rLichtenstein, Nelson --$tChapter 10. The Once and Future Christian Left /$rKazin, Michael --$tNotes --$tContributors 330 $aNearly every recent poll finds that most voters agree with views historically labeled as liberal: a hike in the minimum wage, government-mandated health insurance for every American, stronger gun control laws, broader sex education programs, laws that would make it easier for unions to organize, and the use of diplomacy instead of war to combat terrorism. But as a conservative presidential administration exits, how can progressives step into the breach? In Search of Progressive America presents ten essays by journalists, academics, and government insiders that address the current state of promise and debate within the Left in U.S. politics. The political atmosphere that confronts progressives still poses challenges, and the authors propose thoughtful ways to create a new political order by building an inclusive, durable coalition. The collection covers several of the most significant aspects of American political life. Matthew Yglesias, Andrew Bacevich, and Gary Gerstle offer three sober evaluations of the United States in world affairs and the impact of the world on American minds. Next, Todd Gitlin and Andrew Rich examine the struggle to control the messages of politics, through the mainstream media and think tanks, respectively. Ezra Klein, Dean Baker, Karen Kornbluh, and Nelson Lichtenstein each call for major changes in domestic policy grounded in both history and common sense. Finally, Michael Kazin recalls the era when Christian activists were found more often on the left than on the right and argues that a second coming of religious progressivism might be possible today. 606 $aProgressivism (United States politics) 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009 610 $aPolitical Science. 610 $aPublic Policy. 615 0$aProgressivism (United States politics) 676 $a320.5 701 $aKazin$b Michael$f1948-$0476731 701 $aBecker$b Frans$01686284 701 $aHurenkamp$b Menno$f1971-$0919157 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826784603321 996 $aIn search of progressive America$94059011 997 $aUNINA