Public Citizens: The Attack on Big Government and the Remaking of American Liberalism
by Paul Sabin
Description
This history examines the postwar transformation of American liberalism through the rise of the public interest movement. Environmentalists, consumer advocates, urban critics, and social reformers challenged highways, dams, toxic chemicals, and corporate influence, advancing a new vision of active citizenship and government accountability. Drawing on the era’s civil rights activism and antiwar protests, it reveals how these campaigns achieved lasting reforms while also weakening the foundations of New Deal–style big government. The result is a nuanced account of the movement’s unintended role in opening the way for Reagan-era conservatism and the enduring debate over the proper relationship between citizens, government, and markets.
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paperback
Norton & Company Limited, W. W.
Published Jan 1, 2021
254 pages
ISBN: 9780393634044
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First Published
2021
Language
eng
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