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The True Force of Liberalism
Perseus Books Group
May 2007
On Sale: April 30, 2007
256 pages
ISBN: 046508186X
EAN: 9780465081868
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Political
A Pulitzer Prize-winning author, journalist, and
intellectual argues for liberalism as the only viable
response to the political and economic challenges of the
modern world. Liberalism in America is in greater peril than at any other
time in recent history. Conservatives treat it as an
epithet, and even some liberals have confused it with
sentimentality and socialism. But Paul Starr, one of
America's leading intellectuals, claims that, properly
understood, liberalism is a sturdy public philosophy, deeply
rooted in our traditions, capable of making America a freer
and more secure country. "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" remains as
good a definition of liberalism's aims today as it was when
Thomas Jefferson borrowed the language of John Locke for the
Declaration of Independence. From its origins as
constitutional liberalism in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries, to the complexities of today's global political
systems liberalism has provided the basis of the most
prosperous and powerful states in the world. At a time when
conservative policies are weakening America's long-term
fiscal, economic, and international strength as well as its
liberties, reinstating the power of liberalism is more
urgent than ever.
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