TITLE

For the love of country

AUTHOR(S)
Himmelfarb, Gertrude
PUB. DATE
May 1997
SOURCE
Commentary;May97, Vol. 103 Issue 5, p34
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Offers a look on why the American people had rejected the welfare state. Action done by the conservative groups and liberals in reaction to the welfare state; Problem with the welfare state and civil society; Unfortunate consequences of the welfare state; How the love of country invests their daily life with a larger meaning, dignifies the individual even as it humanizes politics.
ACCESSION #
9706180867

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