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008			170216s2017 nyu b 001 0 eng
035			_a19497675
010			_a 2016052532
020			_a9781250089663 (hardback)
020			_z9781250089670 (e-book)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _erda _dDLC
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050	1	4	_aJC 574.2 _bT266o 2017
082	0	0	_a320.5130973
084			_aPOL042020 _aPOL015000 _2bisacsh
100	1		_aTeixeira, Ruy A., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe optimistic leftist : _bwhy the 21st century will be better than you think / _cRuy Teixeira.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c[2017]
300			_axiii, 256 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"The left is likely to dominate the 21st century, and there is little the right can do about this except adapt. This seems counter-intuitive in light of the modest success the left has enjoyed since the great financial crisis of 2008-09. Though Democrats have done well in recent presidential elections, progressives have found themselves unable to move their most important policies forward, suffering through an endless series of battles with a determined and extreme Republican party. This has only been exacerbated by stunning Republican gains in recent congressional elections. But this short-sighted perspective overemphasizes the role of crisis and underestimates the role of long-term fundamental change. Ruy Teixeira's The Optimistic Leftist takes a look at the structural and economic shifts remaking advanced societies and shows that the left is in a far better position to advance its agenda than the right. Eventually, the right will be forced to play on the left's terms to be competitive. This is because only the left has growing, not declining, coalitional strength and only the left is willing to confront and solve capitalism's "Piketty problem" (a vicious cycle of rising inequality, stagnating living standards and slowing economic growth) by building a new equitable-growth "opportunity state.""-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aLiberalism _zUnited States.
650		0	_aRight and left (Political science) _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPolitical culture _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y21st century.
650		4	_aLiberalismo _zEstados Unidos.
650		4	_aCultura política _zEstados Unidos.
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xPolítica y gobierno _ySiglo XXI.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties. _2bisacsh
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