Freedom's power : the true force of liberalism /
Paul Starr.
- New York : Basic Books, 2007.
- xi, 276 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Liberalism and the discipline of power -- The creative reluctance of liberal statecraft -- The classical discipline -- Lineages of democratic liberalism -- Liberalism and the long crisis, 1914-1991 -- Why democratic liberalism works -- Up from socialism -- Statecraft and danger in a new world -- In this together : the democratic partnership now.
"Liberalism in America is under siege. Conservatives now treat it as an epithet and even some progressives spurn it. But according to Paul Starr, liberalism is a sturdy public philosophy, deeply rooted in our traditions, capable of making America and the world more free and secure. Freedom's Power shows why liberalism works - and how it can work for America again."--BOOK JACKET.