How the Left Can Win Arguments and Influence People : : A Tactical Manual for Pragmatic Progressives / / John K. Wilson.
If we were to rely on what the pundits and politicians tell us, we would have to conclude that America is a deeply conservative nation. Americans, we hear constantly, detest government, demand lower taxes and the end of welfare, and favor the death penalty, prayer in school, and an absolute faith in...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2000] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Critical America ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Introduction: The Progressive Majority: How the Left Got Left Behind
- Chapter 1 THE DEATH OF SOCIALISM
- Chapter 2 THE VAST RIGHT-WING CONSPIRACY (AND WHY THE LEFT-WING NEEDS ONE, TOO)
- Chapter 4 POLLS The Circle of Lies
- Chapter 5 THE POLITICS OF MONEY Campaign Financing and One Dollar, One Vote
- Chapter 6 THE MYTH OF THE LIBERAL MEDIA How the Press Attacks Progressives
- Chapter 7 THE GLOBALIZATION WARS How the Left Won (and Lost) the “Battle in Seattle”
- Chapter 8 PRAGMATIC PROGRESSIVES
- Chapter 9 TALKING TAX CUTS Lowering Taxes on the Poor
- Chapter 10 MAKING CRIME A PROGRESSIVE ISSUE
- Chapter 11 WINNING THE CULTURE WARS
- Chapter 12 EQUALITY FOR EVERY CHILD Reforming Education
- Chapter 13 FIGHTING THE UNION LABEL Labor on the Left
- Chapter 14 THE RACE FOR JUSTICE Defending Affirmative Action
- Chapter 15 UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
- Chapter 16 GREENER POLITICS Progressives and the Environment
- Chapter 17 WHY WE NEED WELFARE AND HOW TO CHANGE IT
- Chapter 18 ENDING CORPORATE WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT
- Chapter 19 THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY How to Protect America by Cutting the Military
- Chapter 20 SAVING SOCIAL SECURITY
- Chapter 21 THE FUTURE OF PROGRESSIVES Generation Left
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR