Research Catalog

Title

The new promise of American life / edited by Lamar Alexander, Chester E. Finn, Jr. ; contributing authors, David M. Abshire ... [et al.].

Publication

Indianapolis, Ind. : Hudson Institute, c1995.

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Additional Authors

• Alexander, Lamar, 1940-
• Finn, Chester E., Jr., 1944-
• Abshire, David M.

Description

viii, 357 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subject

• United States > Politics and government > 1993-2001
• United States > Social policy > 1993-
• United States > Economic policy > 1993-2001

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The new promise of American life / Lamar Alexander -- 2. Herbert Croly and the cult of governmentalism / Chester E. Finn, Jr. -- 3. Americans talk about the American dream / Frank I. Luntz -- 4. The future of American pluralism / Diane Ravitch -- 5. The promise of racial equality / Abigail Thernstrom and Stephan Thernstrom -- 6. Immigration / Francis Fukuyama -- 7. The politics of liberty, the sociology of virtue / William Kristol -- 8. Changing the culture of Washington / Philip M. Burgess -- 9. A new citizenship, a new civic life / Michael S. Joyce and William A. Schambra -- 10. Retroculture / Paul Weyrich -- 11. Religion and morality / James Nuechterlein -- 12. Economic foundations of the American dream / Alan Reynolds -- 13. The American dream and the spirit of enterprise / William A. Schreyer -- 14. The social safety net / Robert A. Sirico -- 15. New crime policies for America / John J. DiIulio, Jr. -- 16. The promise of quality education / Carolynn Reid-Wallace -- 17. America in the new world / Howard H. Baker, Jr. -- 18. An agile strategy for power and peace / David M. Abshire.

ISBN

1558130535 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^96206261^

OCLC

32776163

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library