The Liberal Consensus Reconsidered

The Liberal Consensus Reconsidered
Author: Robert Mason
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2019-10-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 0813065275

When first published in 1976, Godfrey Hodgson’s America in Our Time won immediate recognition as a major interpretive study of the postwar era. In The Liberal Consensus Reconsidered, leading scholars—including Hodgson himself—confront his long-standing theory that a “liberal consensus” shaped the United States after World War II. These essays offer new insights into the era and diverging opinions on one of the most influential interpretations of mid-twentieth-century U.S. history.

The Liberal Consensus Reconsidered

The Liberal Consensus Reconsidered
Author: Robert Mason
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-11-12
Genre: Liberalism
ISBN: 9780813064444

Here, leading scholars-including Hodgson himself-confront the longstanding theory that a liberal consensus shaped the United States after World War II. The essays draw on fresh research to examine how the consensus related to key policy areas, how it was viewed by different factions and groups, what its limitations were, and why it fell apart in the late 1960s.

From Sit-Ins to SNCC

From Sit-Ins to SNCC
Author: Iwan Morgan
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2012-08-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 0813043646

In the wake of the fiftieth anniversary of the historic sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter by four North Carolina A&T college students, From Sit-Ins to SNCC brings together the work of leading civil rights scholars to offer a new and groundbreaking perspective on student-oriented activism in the 1960s. The eight substantive essays in this collection not only delineate the role of SNCC over the course of the struggle for African American civil rights but also offer an updated perspective on the development and impact of the sit-in movement in light of newly released papers from the estate of Martin Luther King Jr., the FBI, and MI-5. The contributors provide novel analyses of such topics as the dynamics of grassroots student civil rights activism, the organizational and cultural changes within SNCC, the impact of the sit-ins on the white South, the evolution of black nationalist ideology within the student movement, works of the fiction written by movement activists, and the changing international outlook of student-organized civil rights movements.

The Washington Consensus Reconsidered

The Washington Consensus Reconsidered
Author: Narcís Serra
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2008-04-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0191538604

This volume brings together many of the leading international figures in development studies, such as Jose Antonio Ocampo, Paul Krugman, Dani Rodrik, Joseph Stiglitz, Daniel Cohen, Olivier Blanchard, Deepak Nayyar and John Williamson to reconsider and propose alternative development policies to the Washington Consensus. Covering a wide range of issues from macro-stabilization to trade and the future of global governance, this important volume makes a real contribution to this important and ongoing debate. The volume begins by introducing the Washington Consensus, discussing how it was originally formulated, what it left out, and how it was later interpreted, and sets the stage for a formulation of a new development framework in the post-Washington Consensus era. It then goes on to analyze and offer differing perspectives and potential solutions to a number of key development issues, some which were addressed by the Washington Consensus and others which were not. The volume concludes by looking toward formulating new policy frameworks and offers possible reforms to the current system of global governance.

America in Our Time

America in Our Time
Author: Godfrey Hodgson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 612
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780691122885

With a new afterword by the author

The American Liberal Tradition Reconsidered

The American Liberal Tradition Reconsidered
Author: Mark Hulliung
Publisher:
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2010
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Eight prominent scholars consider whether Louis Hartz's interpretation of liberalism in his classic 1955 book should be repudiated or updated, and whether a study of America as a "liberal society" is still a rewarding undertaking.

Beyond the New Deal

Beyond the New Deal
Author: Alonzo L. Hamby
Publisher:
Total Pages: 660
Release: 1973
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780231083447

AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE LIBERAL MOVEMENT AND THE PRESIDENCY OF TRUMAN.

Only the Names Have Been Changed

Only the Names Have Been Changed
Author: Claudia Calhoun
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2022-10-18
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1477325417

Among shifting politics, tastes, and technology in television history, one genre has been remarkably persistent: the cop show. Claudia Calhoun returns to Dragnet, the pioneering police procedural and an early transmedia franchise, appearing on radio in 1949, on TV and in film in the 1950s, and in later revivals. More than a popular entertainment, Dragnet was a signifier of America’s postwar confidence in government institutions—and a publicity vehicle for the Los Angeles Police Department. Only the Names Have Been Changed shows how Dragnet’s “realistic” storytelling resonated across postwar culture. Calhoun traces Dragnet’s “semi-documentary” predecessors, and shows how Jack Webb, Dragnet’s creator, worked directly with the LAPD as he produced a series that would likewise inspire public trust by presenting day-to-day procedural justice, rather than shootouts and wild capers. Yet this realism also set aside the seething racial tensions of Los Angeles as it was. Dragnet emerges as a foundational text, one that taught audiences to see police as everyday heroes not only on TV but also in daily life, a lesson that has come under scrutiny as Americans increasingly seek to redefine the relationship between policing and public safety.

The Liberal Project and Human Rights

The Liberal Project and Human Rights
Author: John Charvet
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 447
Release: 2008-11-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0521883148

Shows how the UN regime on human rights has transformed national and international society in accordance with liberal values.