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BL
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1043212
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b797582
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McGowan, John,1953-
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American liberalism : : an interpretation for our time /\ John McGowan.
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| Publication Statement
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Chapel Hill :: University of North Carolina Press,, ©2007.
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| Series Statement
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H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series
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1 online resource (viii, 269 pages).
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| ISBN
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0807831719
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: 080788507X
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: 0807885088
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: 9780807831717
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: 9780807885079
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: 9780807885086
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9780807831717
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| Notes
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"A Caravan book"--Title page verso.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-254) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Liberalism-- United States.
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Liberalism.
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Liberalismus
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Ideologies-- Conservatism Liberalism.
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Politics and government
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United States, Politics and government, 2001-2009.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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320.510973
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JC574.2.U6M355 2007eb
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