Public Matters - Politics, Policy, and Religion in the 21st Century

Informationen zum Autor By William A. Galston Klappentext After preparing to lead a quiet life as a teacher and scholar of political theory, William Galston has spent the past quarter century crossing the boundaries between academia and public life, including a two-year stint as Deputy Assistant for Domestic Policy under President Clinton. Reflecting these boundary-crossings, Public Matters contains a selection of Galston's essays on politics, policy, and religion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Politics Chapter 3 Incomplete Victory: The Rise of the New Democrats Chapter 4 Strategic Challenges facing the Democratic Party Chapter 5 Two Postmortems: The 2004 Elections and the Future of the Democratic Party Chapter 6 The Art of Association in Free Societies: Alexis de Tocqueville and Liberal Democracy Part 7 Policy Chapter 8 The Perils of Preemptive War Chapter 9 Some Arguments for Universal Service Chapter 10 Ethics and Public Policy in a Pluralist Democracy: The Case of Human Embryo Research Chapter 11 Some Proposals to Help Parents: A Progressive Perspective Part 12 Religion Chapter 13 Conscience, Religious Accommodation, and Political Authority Chapter 14 Religion, Family, and Regime: The Case of Mormon Polygamy Chapter 15 Contending with Liberalism: Modern Catholic Social Thought Chapter 16 Traditional Judaism and American Citizenship Chapter 17 Jews, Muslims, and the Prospects for Pluralism

Product details

• Authors: William A Galston, William A. Galston, Galston William A.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.09.2005
• EAN: 9780742549791
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4979-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, Philosophy, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies