Transformation of American Liberalism

In The Transformation of American Liberalism, George Klosko explores how American political leaders have justified social welfare programs since the 1930s, ultimately showing how their arguments have contributed to notably ungenerous programs.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Chapter :1 The American Welfare State


• Chapter 2: Old and New Liberalism


• Chapter 3: Individualism and Progressivism:Conceptual Underpinnings


• Chapter 4: The British Welfare State


• Chapter 5: FDR's Original Sin


• Chapter 6: Social Insurance and Welfare


• Chapter 7: Medicare and Medicaid


• Chapter 8: Universal Health Insurance


• Conclusion


• Bibliography

About the author

George Klosko is the Henry L. and Grace Doherty Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia. He is the editor of The Oxford Handbook of Political Philosophy and has authored books, including The Development of Plato's Political Theory, Second Edition (Oxford, 2006); Democratic Procedures and Liberal Consensus (Oxford University Press, 2000); and Political Obligations (Oxford University Press, 2005).

Summary

In The Transformation of American Liberalism, George Klosko explores how American political leaders have justified social welfare programs since the 1930s, ultimately showing how their arguments have contributed to notably ungenerous programs.

Additional text

Klosko should be applauded for being so forthright about the misleading arguments upon which the new American state has been built. He observes very early on that its founders were following the advice of Old Nick, Machiavelli, that he who desires or attempts to reform the government of a state, and wishes to have it accepted and capable of maintaining itself to the satisfaction of everybody, must at least retain the semblance of the old forms; so that it may seem to the people that there has been no change in the institutions, even though they are entirely different from the old ones (7).

Product details

• Authors: George Klosko, George (Professor of Politics Klosko, Klosko George
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.08.2017
• EAN: 9780199973415
• ISBN: 978-0-19-997341-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Political science & theory, Social welfare & social services, United States of America, USA, Social welfare and social services, Political science and theory, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies, Social security and welfare law, Social security & welfare law