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Quixote's Ghost : The Right, the Liberati, and the Future of Social Policy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (261 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780198040040
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Quixote's GhostDDC classification:
  • 361.6/1/0973
LOC classification:
  • HN59.2.S75 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 PARADIGM LOST -- 2 THE ARCHITECTURE OF ALTRUISM -- 3 CONTROLLING THE MEANS OF ANALYSIS -- 4 THE LIBERATI -- 5 POOR POLICY -- 6 WEDNESDAY'S CHILDREN -- 7 RADICAL PRAGMATISM -- 8 RENAISSANCE -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: Quixote's Ghost, framed by the metaphor of a Romantic Left whose actions-like Don Quixote's obsession with chivalry-are out of synch with the present reality, will be of immense interest to students and academics alike. As one of the few books to chart this radical shift in social policy and its implications on the ground, it will be sure to challenge both the Right and the Left to craft a new approach to thinking about American social policy.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 PARADIGM LOST -- 2 THE ARCHITECTURE OF ALTRUISM -- 3 CONTROLLING THE MEANS OF ANALYSIS -- 4 THE LIBERATI -- 5 POOR POLICY -- 6 WEDNESDAY'S CHILDREN -- 7 RADICAL PRAGMATISM -- 8 RENAISSANCE -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Quixote's Ghost, framed by the metaphor of a Romantic Left whose actions-like Don Quixote's obsession with chivalry-are out of synch with the present reality, will be of immense interest to students and academics alike. As one of the few books to chart this radical shift in social policy and its implications on the ground, it will be sure to challenge both the Right and the Left to craft a new approach to thinking about American social policy.

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