Government Works : : Why Americans Need the Feds / / Milton J. Esman.
What is the proper role of government in American life? This is the principal controversy in contemporary American politics. Milton J. Esman believes that the United States suffers not from too much government but from too little. Most Americans today proclaim pride in their democracy, but they do n...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©2000 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER ONE. Is Government the Problem?
- CHAPTER TWO. Interests, Ideology, and Culture
- CHAPTER THREE. The American Experience with Government
- CHAPTER FOUR. An Activist Government for Twenty-First-Century America
- CHAPTER FIVE. Some Continuing Challenges to Government
- CHAPTER SIX. Not Minimal but Better Government
- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Progressive Coalition: Elements of a Winning Strategy
- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Twenty-First-Century Progressive Majority
- NOTES
- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX