Public citizens : the attack on big government and the remaking of American liberalism

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Public citizens : the attack on big government and the remaking of American liberalism

Title remainder

the attack on big government and the remaking of American liberalism

Statement of responsibility

Paul Sabin

Creator

• Sabin, Paul, 1970-

Author

• Sabin, Paul, 1970-

Subject

• Liberalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Pressure groups -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Bureaucracy -- History -- 20th century
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
• Public interest groups -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Bureaucracy -- United States -- History -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

"The story of the dramatic postwar struggle over the proper role of citizens and government in American society. In the 1960s and 70s, an insurgent attack on traditional liberalism took shape in America, built on new ideals of citizen advocacy and the public interest. Environmentalists, social critics, and consumer advocates like Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Ralph Nader, and others crusaded against what they saw as a misguided and often corrupt government. Drawing energy from civil rights protests and opposition to the Vietnam War, the new citizens movement drew legions of followers and scored major victories, disrupting plans for highways and dams, banning harmful chemicals, and blocking pipelines. In the process, citizen advocates helped to undermine big government liberalism and, ironically, clear the way for Reagan-era "free market" conservatives who sought to slash regulations and enrich corporations. Public Citizens traces the history of the public interest movement and explores its tangled legacy, showing the ways New Deal liberalism fell apart and the challenges in trying to replace it"--

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Dewey number

320.5/13097309046

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

JC574.2.U6

LC item number

S24 2021

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography