| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 269 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series
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H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.
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| Note |
"A Caravan book"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-254) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Liberalism -- United States.
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Liberalism. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
2001-2009 |
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2001 - 2009 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McGowan, John, 1953- American liberalism. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007 9780807831717 0807831719 (DLC) 2007015456 (OCoLC)123136968 |
| ISBN |
9780807885086 (electronic book) |
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0807885088 (electronic book) |
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0807831719 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807831717 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807831717 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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