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Tough Liberal

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Author : Richard D. Kahlenberg
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2007-08-30

Tough Liberal written by Richard D. Kahlenberg and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

In Woody Allen's 1973 film, Sleeper, a character wakes up in the future to learn that civilization was destroyed when "a man by the name of Albert Shanker got hold of a nuclear warhead." Shanker was condemned by many when he shut down the New York City school system in the bitter strikes of 1967 and 1968, and he was denounced for stirring up animosity between black parents and Jewish teachers. Later, however, he built alliances with blacks, and at the time of his death in 1997, such figures as Bill Clinton celebrated Shanker for being an educational reformer, a champion of equality, and a promoter of democracy abroad. Shanker lived the lives of several men bound into one. In his early years, he was the "George Washington of the teaching profession," helping to found modern teacher unionism. During the 1980s, as head of the American Federation of Teachers, he became the nation's leading education reformer. Shanker supported initiatives for high education standards and accountability, teacher-led charter schools, and a system of "peer review" to weed out inadequate teachers. Throughout his life, Shanker also fought for "tough liberalism," an ideology favoring public education and trade unions but also colorblind policies and a robust anticommunism all of which, Shanker believed, were vital to a commitment to democracy. Although he had a coherent worldview, Shanker was a complex individual. He began his career as a pacifist but evolved into a leading defense and foreign policy hawk. He was an intellectual and a populist; a gifted speaker who failed at small talk; a liberal whose biggest enemies were often on the left; a talented writer who had to pay to have his ideas published; and a gruff unionist who enjoyed shopping and detested sports. Richard D. Kahlenberg's biography is the first to offer a complete narrative of one of the most important voices in public education and American politics in the last half century. At a time when liberals are accused of not knowing what they stand for, Tough Liberal illuminates an engaging figure who suggested an alternative liberal path.

Tough Liberal

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Author : Richard D. Kahlenberg
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2007

Richard D. Kahlenberg offers a narrative on the man who would become one of the most important voices in public education and American politics in the last quarter century - Albert Shanker.

American Jewish Political Culture And The Liberal Persuasion

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Author : Henry L. Feingold
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 2014-01-22

American Jewish Political Culture And The Liberal Persuasion written by Henry L. Feingold and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-22 with History categories.

American Jewish Political Culture and the Liberal Persuasion begins with the historical background of American Jewish politics before delving into old roots and then moving onto a thematic understanding of American Jewry’s political psyche. This exhaustive work answers the grand question of where American Jewish liberalism comes from and ultimately questions whether the communal motivations behind such behavior are strong enough to withstand twenty-first-century America.

Tough Choices

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Author : Sigal R. Ben-Porath
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2016-06-28

Tough Choices written by Sigal R. Ben-Porath and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-28 with Political Science categories.

To what extent should government be permitted to intervene in personal choices? In grappling with this question, liberal theory seeks to balance individual liberty with the advancement of collective goals such as equality. Too often, however, society's obligation to provide meaningful opportunities is overshadowed by its commitment to personal freedom. Tough Choices charts a middle course between freedom-oriented anti-interventionism and equality-oriented social welfare, presenting a way to structure choices that equalize opportunities while protecting the freedom of individuals to choose among them. Drawing on insights from behavioral economics, psychology, and educational theory, Sigal Ben-Porath makes the case for structured paternalism, which is based on the understanding that state intervention is often inevitable, and that therefore theorists and policymakers must focus on the extent to which it can productively be applied, as well as on the forms it should take in different social domains. Ben-Porath explores how structured paternalism can play a role in providing equal opportunities for individual choice in an array of personal and social contexts, including the intimate lives of adults, parent-child relationships, school choice, and intercultural relations. Tough Choices demonstrates how structured paternalism can inform more egalitarian social policies, ones that acknowledge personal, social, and cultural differences as well as the challenges all individuals may face when they make a choice.

Pluralism And Liberal Neutrality

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Author : Richard Bellamy
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-04-27

Pluralism And Liberal Neutrality written by Richard Bellamy and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-27 with Philosophy categories.

The crisis of liberalism is in its claim to endorse neutral procedures that allow individuals and groups to pursue their own good, when the very possibility of such neutrality is affected by the growth of plural societies, and resulting divisions of loyalty. This collection explores this crisis.

Hard Heads Soft Hearts

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Author : Alan S. Blinder
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 1988-01-22

Hard Heads Soft Hearts written by Alan S. Blinder and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-01-22 with Business & Economics categories.

A hard-headed liberal economist, Alan Blinder clearly shows how economic policy is made in America and how good policies often make bad politics. He discusses liberal-conservative divisiveness and shows how it often prevents sound economic advice from being heeded. Blinder offers his own nonpartisan vision for the future of our economic society and challenges law-makers—Democrats and Republicans—to do better.

Peace Studies Public Policy And Global Security Volume Xi

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Author : Ursula Oswald Spring, Ada Aharoni, Ralph V. Summy, Robert Charles Elliot
language : en
Publisher: EOLSS Publications
Release Date : 2010-07-24

Peace Studies Public Policy And Global Security Volume Xi written by Ursula Oswald Spring, Ada Aharoni, Ralph V. Summy, Robert Charles Elliot and has been published by EOLSS Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-24 with categories.

Peace Studies, Public Policy and Global Security is a component of Encyclopedia of Social Sciences and Humanities in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. The Theme on Peace Studies, Public Policy and Global Security provides the essential aspects and a myriad of issues of great relevance to our world such as: Processes of Peace and Security; International Security, Peace, Development, and Environment; Security Threats, Challenges, Vulnerability and Risks; Sustainable Food and Water Security; World Economic Order. This 11-volume set contains several chapters, each of size 5000-30000 words, with perspectives, issues on Peace studies, Public Policy and Global security. These volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.

The Cause

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Author : Eric Alterman
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2012-04-12

The Cause written by Eric Alterman and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-12 with History categories.

The definitive history of American postwar liberalism, told through the lens of those who brought it to life. Liberalism stands proudly at the center of American politics and culture. Driven by passion for social justice, tempered by respect for the difficulty of change, liberals have struggled to end economic inequality, racial discrimination, and political repression. Liberals have fueled their cause with the promise of American life and visions of national greatness, seeking to transform the White House; the halls of Congress, the courts, the worlds of entertainment, law, media, and the course of public opinion. Bestselling author, journalist, and historian Eric Alterman, together with historian Kevin Mattson, traces the history of liberal ideals through the lives and struggles of fascinating personalities. The Cause tells the remarkable story of politicians, intellectuals, visionaries, activists, and public personalities battling for the heart and soul of the nation. The first full-scale treatment of postwar liberalism, The Cause offers an epic saga driven by stories of grand aspirations, principled ambitions, tragic flaws, and the ironies of history of the people who fought for America to live up to the highest ideals of its history.

Liberal Modernity And Its Adversaries

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Author : Milan Zafirovski
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2007-06-30

Liberal Modernity And Its Adversaries written by Milan Zafirovski and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-30 with Social Science categories.

The book rediscovers liberal modernity as the master process and destination of Western civilization, and its anti-liberal adversaries, notably conservatism, as the ghosts of a dead past. The anti-liberal rumors of the ‘dead’ of liberalism are ‘greatly exaggerated’.

Reasonableness In Liberal Political Philosophy

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Author : Shaun Young
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-02-04

Reasonableness In Liberal Political Philosophy written by Shaun Young and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-04 with Philosophy categories.

Previously published as a special issue of the Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy, this collection offers a thought-provoking critique of the role of the concept of reasonableness in liberal political theory, focusing on the proposed relationship between reasonableness and the establishment and preservation of a just and stable liberal polity. The essays explore the explicit and implicit use of the idea of reasonableness, presenting an analysis that incorporates normative and empirical observations and employs a number of different analytical approaches, including liberalism, feminism, environmentalism, Marxism, and communitarianism. This unique book provides in a single volume a critique that engages not only a vast array of issues but also a diversity of critical perspectives. It not only rectifies a deficiency in the existing scholarship, but also addresses the issues of socio-political justice and stability, offering new, insightful critiques that respond to the increasingly complex circumstances and conflicts that confront life in contemporary pluralistic societies. Reasonableness in Liberal Political Philosophy will be a valuable resource for those interested in liberal political theory and its potential usefulness in helping to secure a just and stable polity.

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