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Fairness and freedom : a history of two open societies : New Zealand and the United States / David Hackett Fischer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fischer, David Hackett, 1935-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Comparative government.
- Democracy--New Zealand--History.
- Democracy.
- Democracy--United States--History.
- Individualism--Political aspects--New Zealand.
- Individualism.
- Individualism--Political aspects--United States.
- Political culture--New Zealand--History.
- Political culture.
- Political culture--United States--History.
- New Zealand--Politics and government--Philosophy.
- New Zealand.
- United States--Politics and government--Philosophy.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (656 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Fairness and Freedom compares the history of two open societies--New Zealand and the United States--with much in common. Both have democratic polities, mixed-enterprise economies, individuated societies, pluralist cultures, and a deep concern for human rights and the rule of law. But all of these elements take different forms, because constellations of value are far apart. The dream of living free is America's Polaris; fairness and natural justice are New Zealand's Southern Cross. Fischer asks why these similar countries went different ways. Both were founded by English-speaking colonists, but
- Contents:
- COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE: Two Americans in New Zealand; INTRODUCTION: Fairness and Freedom; ORIGINS OF OPEN SOCIETIES; Settler Societies; Two British Empires; Indians and Maori; Frontier and Bush; NATION BUILDING AS OPEN PROCESSES; Federalists and Centralists; Immigrants, Voluntary and Assisted; Women's Rights; Racist Wrongs; Lib-Labs and Progressives; OPEN SOCIETIES IN WORLD AFFAIRS; Foreign Affairs, External Relations; Great Crash and Long Slump; Military Traditions; World Crisis; CONCLUSION: Learning to Be Free and Fair; APPENDIX: Fairness in Other Disciplines; Notes; List of Maps
- List of IllustrationsAcknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-991295-5
- 1-283-42747-8
- 9786613427472
- 0-19-983271-4
- OCLC:
- 772845055
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