Great Society and the High Tide of Liberalism
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activist scholarship on public policy
American liberal tradition critique
American political development field
American political thought evolution
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civil equality policy history
comparative reform period studies
conservative movement emergence
conservative realignment narratives
decline of political consensus
democratic state building
domestic governance turning points
domestic policy legacy studies
economic security programs history
education policy development
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federal domestic policy evolution
governance power debates
historical evaluation of reform efforts
history of presidential leadership
ideological realignment in the US
ideology shifts in American politics
institutional change in presidency
legislative executive relations
long term policy impact analysis
national health policy origins
policy diffusion over time
policy feedback effects
policy implementation case studies
political backlash studies
political culture transformation
political polarization origins
public administration history
public housing policy analysis
public trust in government studies
reform era historiography
social justice policymaking history
social movements and state power
social policy expansion history
state authority versus individual rights
transformation of modern governance
twentieth century American reform history
welfare state development in the United States
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- ISBN 9781558494930
- Weight: 698g
- Dimensions: 155 x 222mm
- Publication Date: 10 Aug 2005
- Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The long era of liberal reform that began with the Progressive movement of the early twentieth century and continued with the New Deal, culminated in the 1960s with Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. Inspired by the example of his mentor, Franklin Roosevelt, Johnson sought to extend the agenda of the New Deal beyond the realm of economic security to civil rights, housing, education, and health care. In the end, however, his bold ambitions for a Great Society, initiated against the backdrop of an increasingly costly and divisive war, fueled a conservative backlash and undermined faith in liberalism itself. In this volume of original essays, a distinguished group of scholars and activists reassess the mixed legacy of this third major reform period of the last century. They examine not only the policies and programs that were part of LBJ's Great Society, but also the underlying ideological and political shifts that changed the nature of liberalism. Some of the essays focus on Lyndon Johnson himself and the institution of the modern presidency, others on specific reform measures, and still others on the impact of these initiatives in the decades that followed. Perspectives, methodologies, and conclusions differ, yet all of the contributors agree that the Great Society represented an important chapter in the story of the American republic and its ongoing struggle to reconcile the power of the state with the rights of individuals-a struggle that has continued into the twenty-first century.
Sidney M. Milkis is White Burkett Miller Professor and chair of the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia and author of The President and the Parties. For many years the editor of Polity, Jerome M. Mileur is professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
