Reviews
"Spragens deploys his deft, subtle analysis to consider why liberalism so suddenly collapsed from the 1960s onward and how its reformation might be consolidated and extended by the victory of Obama."Choice, "Intentionally provocative, Spragens's scholarly polemic respects 'high liberalism' but deplores how it has set progressive politics in the United States on a losing course. Political theorists, policy wonks, and sophisticated political junkies will all find much to value in this brisk and bracing book."- Richard Dagger , author of Civic Virtues: Rights, Citizenship, and Republican Liberalism "Brilliantly combining political theory with compelling polemic in a way that heralds new democratic possibilities in the age of Obama, Spragens prophetically calls the left back to its populist soul."- Harry C. Boyte , author of The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference, Intentionally provocative, Spragenss scholarly polemic respects high liberalismbut deplores how it has set progressive politics in the United States on a losing course. Political theorists, policy wonks, and sophisticated political junkies will all find much to value in this brisk and bracing book.Richard Dagger , author of Civic Virtues: Rights, Citizenship, and Republican Liberalism Brilliantly combining political theory with compelling polemic in a way that heralds new democratic possibilities in the age of Obama, Spragens prophetically calls the left back to its populist soul.Harry C. Boyte , author of The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference, "Spragens deploys his deft, subtle analysis to consider why liberalism so suddenly collapsed from the 1960s onward and how its reformation might be consolidated and extended by the victory of Obama."-- Choice, Intentionally provocative, Spragens's scholarly polemic respects 'high liberalism' but deplores how it has set progressive politics in the United States on a losing course. Political theorists, policy wonks, and sophisticated political junkies will all find much to value in this brisk and bracing book.-- Richard Dagger , author of Civic Virtues: Rights, Citizenship, and Republican Liberalism Brilliantly combining political theory with compelling polemic in a way that heralds new democratic possibilities in the age of Obama, Spragens prophetically calls the left back to its populist soul.-- Harry C. Boyte , author of The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference, "Intentionally provocative, Spragens's scholarly polemic respects 'high liberalism' but deplores how it has set progressive politics in the United States on a losing course. Political theorists, policy wonks, and sophisticated political junkies will all find much to value in this brisk and bracing book."-- Richard Dagger , author of Civic Virtues: Rights, Citizenship, and Republican Liberalism "Brilliantly combining political theory with compelling polemic in a way that heralds new democratic possibilities in the age of Obama, Spragens prophetically calls the left back to its populist soul."-- Harry C. Boyte , author of The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference
