Liberalism and American identity
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Liberalism and American identity
Kent State University Press, c1992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-213) and index
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Since 1968, liberalism as a viable political ideology has been under attack, with the most aggressive assault occurring in the 1988 presidential campaign. While conservatives denounced the ""L-word"" and proclaimed its death as a political ideology, liberals and Democrats failed to defend America's proud liberal tradition. Liberals have yet to take the ideological offensive. Indeed, without a clear ideological identity, it is not surprising that the Democratic Party appears uncertain as to its future political message. In ""Liberalism and American identity"", Patrick Garry presents a thesis of the meaning and importance of liberalism in American politics. His work attempts to rejuvenate political liberalism, after the devastating attack on it during the 1980s. Presenting a workable definition of liberalism, Garry demonstrates the vital role it has played, and can continue to play, in American history. His examination of the liberal ideology and tradition in American politics reveals not only the nation's liberal identity, but also the conservative tendency to label liberalism ""unAmerican"" as a means to circumvent discussion of social problems. Garry defines liberalism through historical examples and the beliefs and leadership of prominant Americans, namely Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy. He then applies these principles to a discussion of current politics and the problems of crime, poverty, and national defense. Although arguing that the conservative attack during the 1980s greatly misrepresented the American liberal tradition, Garry also acknowledges that changes within accepted liberal doctrines during the 1960s and 1970s led to a deviation of contemporary liberalism from its roots. This betrayal of liberalism and its degeneration into special interest politics, he asserts, caused an identity crisis among liberals and alienated large segments of the American electorate previously supportive of the politics of Roosevelt, Truman and Kennedy.
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