Bootstrap Liberalism

2002-04-21 Political Science

Author : Sean P. Cunningham
Release : 2002-04-21
Genre : Political Science
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Download or read book Bootstrap Liberalism written by Sean P. Cunningham. This book was released on 2002-04-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has Texas always been one of the United States’ most conservative states? The answer might surprise you. Bootstrap Liberalism offers a glimpse into the world of Depression-era Texas politics, revealing a partisan culture that was often far more ideologically nuanced and complex than meets the eye. The Lone Star State is often viewed as a bastion of conservative politics and rugged “bootstrap” individualism, but that narrative overlooks the fact that FDR’s New Deal was quite popular in Texas, much more so than previous histories of the era have suggested. While it is true that many Texas Democrats remained staunchly conservative during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency, and it is also true that many of these conservatives formed the basis of an established majority that would grow stronger in the decades that followed, it is simultaneously true that ordinary voters—and a good many politicians—embraced New Deal policies, federal experimentation, and direct economic aid, and often did so enthusiastically as liberal Texas Democrats rode FDR’s coattails to electoral success. Texas political leaders recognized the popularity of the New Deal and identified themselves with FDR for their own political advantage. Using original resources mined from six research archives, Bootstrap Liberalism explores campaign strategies and policy debates as they unfolded at the local, state, and national levels throughout the Great Depression and World War II eras, revealing a consistent brand of pro–New Deal messaging that won favor with voters across the state. Most Texas Democrats did not apologize for supporting FDR. Rather, they celebrated him and often marketed themselves as New Deal Democrats. Voters endorsed that strategy by electing liberals throughout the 1930s and early 1940s.

Bootstraps and Benefits

2018-01-10 Labor economics

Author : Scott C. Miller
Release : 2018-01-10
Genre : Labor economics
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Download or read book Bootstraps and Benefits written by Scott C. Miller. This book was released on 2018-01-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there a solution to poverty? Even those who believe there is a solution differ on exactly what that solution is. Many conservatives believe the solution lies in people accepting more personal responsibility; and many liberals believe we need to provide more benefits. This book, Bootstraps and Benefits: What the Right and Left Understand about Poverty and How We Can Work Together for Lasting Solutions, shares how liberals and conservatives can come together to discuss and implement more powerful solutions to poverty with a strategic mix of insights from both Bootstraps and Benefits. Simply defined: Bootstraps are persons inclined to focus on what individuals can do to improve their own circumstances. Benefits are persons inclined to focus on what society can do to improve the circumstances of groups of people. Scott Miller is a liberal, founder of Circles USA and advocate for creating smarter systems to reduce poverty while emphasizing the importance of self-responsibility. Denise Rhoades is a conservative who, for many years, volunteered in Circles supporting families as they make their way out of poverty, while also advocating for smarter public policy and programs. As Scott explains: "When Denise told me her observation-that I am fluent in progressive/liberal, but can speak conservative with an accent-I was both amused and appreciative to have someone share such a unique perspective. Similarly, Denise is a conservative who 'gets it' when it comes to reducing versus managing poverty."The strategies to ending poverty in the United States, while somewhat complex, are not the rocket science "experts" would have us believe. We have made it far too complicated to motivate people to take necessary actions. And we have become distracted by arguments that protect our cherished ideals and beliefs about one another: Bootstraps and Benefits. At the heart of all this are real people whom most of us, including policymakers, rarely get to know. Conservatives need to recognize that large numbers of people in poverty and receiving government assistance really do want to work and have the same personal aspirations for themselves and their families as anyone else, but the ladder for moving up and out of poverty is missing the bottom rungs. Liberals need to recognize that much of the government funding spent to address poverty, however well intentioned, often goes toward managing poverty, not reducing it. If we involve the real experts-those individuals who are working hard, yet not getting ahead-"We might be surprised by their answers. We would surely learn more about the challenges of moving out of poverty than we ever knew." This book will help persuade both Bootstraps and Benefits to join the cause to begin the end of poverty.

Puerto Rican Citizen

2010-06-15 Social Science

Author : Lorrin Thomas
Release : 2010-06-15
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 108/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Puerto Rican Citizen written by Lorrin Thomas. This book was released on 2010-06-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the end of the 1920s, just ten years after the Jones Act first made them full-fledged Americans, more than 45,000 native Puerto Ricans had left their homes and entered the United States, citizenship papers in hand, forming one of New York City’s most complex and distinctive migrant communities. In Puerto Rican Citizen, Lorrin Thomas for the first time unravels the many tensions—historical, racial, political, and economic—that defined the experience of this group of American citizens before and after World War II. Building its incisive narrative from a wide range of archival sources, interviews, and first-person accounts of Puerto Rican life in New York, this book illuminates the rich history of a group that is still largely invisible to many scholars. At the center of Puerto Rican Citizen are Puerto Ricans’ own formulations about political identity, the responses of activists and ordinary migrants to the failed promises of American citizenship, and their expectations of how the American state should address those failures. Complicating our understanding of the discontents of modern liberalism, of race relations beyond black and white, and of the diverse conceptions of rights and identity in American life, Thomas’s book transforms the way we understand this community’s integral role in shaping our sense of citizenship in twentieth-century America.

Texas Politics

2023-11-17 Political Science

Author : Cal Jillson
Release : 2023-11-17
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 771/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Texas Politics written by Cal Jillson. This book was released on 2023-11-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ninth edition of this popular text has been expanded and updated to better fit the needs of a stand-alone Texas politics course. Jillson continues to approach the politics of the Lone Star State from historical, developmental, and analytical perspectives, while giving students the most even-handed, readable, and engaging description of Texas politics available today. Students are encouraged to connect the origins and development of government and politics in Texas to its current practice and the alternatives possible through change and reform. This text helps instructors prepare their students to master the origin and development of the Texas Constitution, the structure and powers of state and local government in Texas, how Texas fits into the U.S. federal system, as well as political participation, the electoral process, and public policy in Texas. An author-written Test Bank is available as Support Material on the Webpage for the book: www.routledge.com/Texas-Politics-Governing-the-Lone-Star-State/Jillson/p/book/9781032513386 Texas Politics offers instructors and students an unmatched range of pedagogical aids and tools. Each chapter opens with an engaging vignette and a series of focus questions to orient readers to the learning objectives at hand and concludes with a chapter summary, a list of key terms, review questions, suggested readings, and web resources. “Let’s Compare” boxes help students see how Texas sits alongside other states, “Texas Legends” boxes spotlight key figures in Texas political history, “Pro & Con” boxes bring conflicting political views into sharper focus; and every chapter features a timeline of important events in Texas history. New to the ninth edition • Covers the 2022 state and national elections, the 2023 legislative session, and the 2020 national elections as they affect Texas. • Highlights Governor Greg Abbott’s call for policy solutions to the vulnerability of the Texas energy grid; Texas voter eligibility laws; abortion and gun violence; and political consequences of redistricting after the wake of the 2020 census. • Provides a detailed study of the 2022–23 state budget and the taxing and spending decisions that went into it, including the school funding and property tax reforms of 2019.

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