What is the proper role of government in American life? This is the
principal controversy in contemporary American politics. Milton J.
Esman believes that the United States suffers not from too much
government but from too little. Most Americans today proclaim pride
in their democracy, but they do not trust Washington. Esman shows
how American conservatives have, for the last quarter century,
hammered away at the federal government, attacking its size, its
inefficiencies, the limits it places on personal freedom, and its
intervention in what conservatives believe should be free and
untrammeled market transactions. Such commentators have effectively
seized the initiative, and their anti-government viewpoint now
dominates the public discourse on politics. "This bias runs
contrary to the main thrust of American political experience",
Esman writes, "and is detrimental to the well-being of the nation
on the brink of the new millennium".
His book includes a historical study of public attitudes toward
government and an analysis of the functions that only government
can perform to ensure a healthy future for the American people and
to check the negative effects of economic globalization. He
proposes a set of political tactics to address the unchallenged
trashing of a central institution of American democracy and restore
public confidence in government.
Plainspoken, straight shooting, wide ranging, Government Works
draws on the progressive tradition in American thought to deal with
the central predicament in contemporary public affairs.
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