Rugged Individualism: Dead or Alive? - Hardcover

Davenport, David; Lloyd, Gordon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0817920242 ISBN 13: 9780817920241

Verlag: Hoover Institution Press,U.S., 2017

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Reseña del editor:

Today, American ""rugged individualism"" is in a fight for its life on two battlegrounds: in the policy realm and in the intellectual world of ideas that may lead to new policies. In this book, the authors look at the political context in which rugged individualism flourishes or declines and offer a balanced assessment of its future prospects. They outline its path from its founding-marked by the Declaration of Independence-to today, focusing on different periods in our history when rugged individualism was thriving or was under attack. The authors ultimately look with some optimism toward new frontiers of the twenty-first century that may nourish rugged individualism. They assert that we cannot tip the delicate balance between equality and liberty so heavily in favor of equality that there is no liberty left for individual Americans to enjoy. In considering reasons to be pessimistic as well as reasons to be optimistic about it, they also suggest where supporters of rugged individualism might focus greater encouragement and resources.

Biografía del autor:

David Davenport is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He previously served as president of Pepperdine University, where he was also a professor of law and public policy. Gordon Lloyd is a senior fellow at the Ashbrook Center and the Dockson Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at Pepperdine University. He also serves on the National Advisory Council for the Walter and Leonore Annenberg Presidential Learning Center.

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• Verlag: Hoover Institution Press,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0817920242
• ISBN 13: 9780817920241
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 136