Reconceiving Liberalism: Dilemmas of Contemporary Liberal Public Policy

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University of Pittsburgh Pre, 15.12.1996 - 256 Seiten
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Levin-Waldman argues that if American public policy were to be evaluated against a different set of principles—ones more closely aligned with core liberal values, especially the common good—liberalism would be in greater harmony with contemporary public opinion and thought.

Liberalism rests on a moral vision of what constitutes the good life and a set of principles that can measure whether public policy accords with society's underlying philosophical principles. Levin-Waldman faults modern liberalism for obscuring these principles through a misplaced reliance on neutrality. Liberalism, he contends, appears to have diverged from mainstream perceptions of traditional American values because policy is debated and formulated within the confines of this neutrality standard.

Levin-Waldman develops a new methodology intended to take us away from the usual cost-benefit analysis and move us closer to assessing public policies in terms of what best serves the common good.

 

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1 Introduction
1
2 The Lockean Ideal
58
3 Economic Stabilization
98
4 Welfare Policy
139
5 PublicPrivate Pertnership
168
6 Privacy Issues
211
7 Toward a New Methodology of Policy Analysis
243
Notes
265
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Reconceiving liberalism: dilemmas of contemporary liberal public policy
Oren M. Levin-Waldman
Auszug - 1996

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Über den Autor (1996)

Oren M. Levin-Waldman is professor of public affairs and administration at Metropolitan College of New York, having previously held the Henry J. Raimondo Endowed Chair in Urban Research and Public Policy at New Jersey City University.

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TitelReconceiving Liberalism: Dilemmas of Contemporary Liberal Public Policy
Pitt series in policy and institutional studies
AutorOren M. Levin-Waldman
VerlagUniversity of Pittsburgh Pre, 1996
ISBN0822974800, 9780822974802
Länge256 Seiten
  
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