The essays on politics tell the story of Galston's efforts to help redirect the Democratic Party so that it speaks more clearly to the concerns of 21st century Americans.
This is a permanent source of vulnerability, but liberal democracy will endure so long as citizens believe it is worth fighting for.
A major contribution to the current theory of liberalism by an eminent political theorist challenges the views of such theorists as Rawls, Dworkin, and Ackerman, who believe that the essence of liberalism is neutrality.
This first volume, American Catholics and Civic Engagement: A Distinctive Voice, i
William Galston explores the difficulties market democracies face in an era of diminished growth and a weakened middle class.
These essays go beyond the usual calls for more and better child care and other strategies of 'parent replacement' to offer fresh ideas for 'parent replenishment,' ways of putting mothers and fathers back into the lives of their children ...
This book contains the presentations and conversations that grew out of those conferences.