An edition of The new majority (1997)

The new majority

toward a popular progressive politics

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Cover of: The new majority by Stanley B. Greenberg, Theda Skocpol
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An edition of The new majority (1997)

The new majority

toward a popular progressive politics

by and

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.

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Yale University Press
Language
English
Pages
333

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Economic policy Politics and government Social policy Progressivism (United States politics) Democratic Party (U.S.) United states, politics and government, 1993-2001 United states, economic policy, 1993-2001 United states, social policy

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United States

Times

1993-
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Table of 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
Partnership with American families -- Theda Skocpol
Political economy of citizenship -- Michael J. Sandel
Reconnecting people and politics -- Margaret Weir and Marshall Cox
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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-314) and index.
Contains essays first presented at "the New Majority conference ... [at] Airlie House in Virginia on January 10-12,1997"--P. xi.

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New Haven

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
324.2736
Library of Congress
JK2316 .N48 1997, JK2316.N48 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 333 p. :
Number of pages
333

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL704603M
ISBN 10
0300073410
LCCN
97061147
OCLC/WorldCat
37853866
LibraryThing
2333488
Goodreads
916180

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Work ID
OL17991238W

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