In "Drawing the Line," Andrew Stark takes a fresh and
provocative look at how Americans debate the border between the
public realm and the private. The seemingly eternal struggle to
establish the proper division of societal responsibilities --to
draw the line --has been joined yet again. Obama administration
initiatives, particularly bank bailouts and health care reform,
roil anew the debate of just what government should do for its
citizens, what exactly is the public sphere, and what should be
left to individual responsibility.
Are these arguments specific to isolated policy issues, or do
they reveal something bigger about politics and society? The author
realizes that the shorthand, "public vs. private" dichotomy is
overly simplistic. Something more subtle and complex is going on,
Stark reveals, and he offers a deeper, more politically helpful way
to view these conflicts.
Stark interviewed hundreds of policymakers and advocates, and
here he weaves those insights into his own counterintuitive view
and innovative approach to explain how citizens at the grass-roots
level divide policy debates between public and private
responsibilities --specifically on education, land use and "public
space," welfare, and health care. In doing so, "Drawing the Line"
provides striking lessons for anyone trying to build new and
effective policy coalitions on Main Street.
"All of these debates... are typically portrayed as conflicts
between one side championing the values of the public sphere... and
the other those of the private realm.... A] closer look shows that
each side asserts and relies coequally on both sets of values...
but applies them in inverse or opposing ways." --From the
Introduction
General
Imprint: |
Brookings Institution Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2009 |
First published: |
December 2009 |
Authors: |
Andrew Stark
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Dimensions: |
235 x 160 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
245 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8157-0333-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
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LSN: |
0-8157-0333-3 |
Barcode: |
9780815703334 |
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