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Quixote's ghost : the right, the liberati, and the future of social policy / David Stoesz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stoesz, David, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public welfare--United States.
- Public welfare.
- Conservatism--United States.
- Conservatism.
- Liberalism--United States.
- Liberalism.
- Right and left (Political science).
- United States--Social policy--1980-1993.
- United States.
- United States--Social policy--1993-.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (261 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Quixote's Ghost' argues that the romantic Left is, like Don Quixote's obsession with chivalry - out of synch with reality & that the Right in America have pirated the pragmatism that has been championed by the Left from the era of the New Deal.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; 1 PARADIGM LOST; 2 THE ARCHITECTURE OF ALTRUISM; 3 CONTROLLING THE MEANS OF ANALYSIS; 4 THE LIBERATI; 5 POOR POLICY; 6 WEDNESDAY'S CHILDREN; 7 RADICAL PRAGMATISM; 8 RENAISSANCE; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029273-3
- 0-19-774263-7
- 1-280-42850-3
- 0-19-804004-0
- 1-60256-553-8
- OCLC:
- 297300749
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