Brian Stipelman

That Broader Definition of Liberty (eBook, ePUB)

The Theory and Practice of the New Deal

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a comprehensive theory of the New Deal, covering the ends it hoped to achieve and the means it used to achieve them. Looking at a mixture of history, American political development, and political theory, it aims to fill a critical gap in scholarship and provide a theoretical framework for contemporary progressive political actors.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739174555
• Artikelnr.: 37834154

Autorenporträt

Brian Stipelman teaches American politics and political theory at Dowling College.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: The Political Theory of the New Deal3
Chapter 2: The Evolution of Reform: Populist and Progressive Forebears
Part II: Ends
Chapter 3: "Necessary First Lessons": The Preconditions of the Welfare
State
Chapter 4: "That Broader Definition of Liberty:" The Social Contract of the
New Deal
Part III: Means
Chapter 5: "All Armed Prophets Have Conquered": The New Deal's Theory of
Agency
Chapter 6: The Third New Deal: The Institutional Context of Reform
Part IV: Conclusion
Chapter 7: "A Living and Growing Thing:" Appropriating New Deal Liberalism