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American liberalism : an interpretation for our time /
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 inform...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2007.
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| Series: | H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | "A Caravan book"--Title page verso |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 269 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-254) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807885086 0807885088 0807831719 9780807831717 080788507X 9780807885079 |