Freedom Reclaimed: Rediscovering the American Vision

Freedom Reclaimed: Rediscovering the American Vision

by John E. Schwarz
Freedom Reclaimed: Rediscovering the American Vision

Freedom Reclaimed: Rediscovering the American Vision

by John E. Schwarz

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Overview

A political scientist examines how the meaning of freedom has changed in American discourse—and how we can reclaim our most treasured value.

The vision of American freedom that the Founders enshrined in the Declaration of Independence is very different from the free-market idea of freedom that is ascendant today. In Freedom Reclaimed, John E. Schwarz examines the profound implications of this shift in political rhetoric.

Schwarz shows how the three-decade shift toward free-market freedom has brought economic hardship to the majority of Americans and suffering to the political life of the nation. As the nation moves further away from its impelling original commitment, most Americans now have only limited access to the freedom the Founders envisioned.

In policy discussions on employment, education, social issues, and health care, Schwarz recasts our understanding of what freedom means and involves. He then sets forth a program that can help America return to its ennobling vision and resume its historic journey.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780801895920
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 04/27/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 352
File size: 2 MB
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

John E. Schwarz is professor emeritus of political science at the University of Arizona and distinguished senior fellow, Demos. A former staff member for Senator Birch Bayh of Indiana, he is the author of Illusions of Opportunity: The American Dream in Question; America's Hidden Success; and The Forgotten Americans.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. The Failure of Free-Market Liberty
2. Freedom and the Promise of Economic Opportunity
3. Guidelines for American Social Policy
4. Education, Social Security, and Welfare Assistance
5. Freedom and Our Protection from Wrongful Harm
6. Overcoming Market Failures
7. The Size and Waste of Government
8. Societal Decisions and Individual Liberty
9. Taking Freedom Seriously
10. Rediscovering America's Vision
Notes
Index

What People are Saying About This

Nelson W. Polsby

This stimulating and important work by an independent-minded and humane scholar undertakes the sizeable intellectual task of rescuing the idea of freedom from the monopoly of open-market libertarians and reconciling its basic assumptions with traditional American concerns for the common good.

Nelson W. Polsby, Heller Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

From the Publisher

Agree with Schwarz or not, Freedom Reclaimed has to be taken seriously because it could define the discourse for the next 50 years.
—Theodore J. Lowi, Cornell University

This stimulating and important work by an independent-minded and humane scholar undertakes the sizeable intellectual task of rescuing the idea of freedom from the monopoly of open-market libertarians and reconciling its basic assumptions with traditional American concerns for the common good.
—Nelson W. Polsby, Heller Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley

Theodore J. Lowi

Agree with Schwarz or not, Freedom Reclaimed has to be taken seriously because it could define the discourse for the next 50 years.

Theodore J. Lowi, Cornell University

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