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Without Justice for All The New Liberalism and Our Retreat from Racial Equality
Author: Adolph Reed Jr.

Without Justice for All: The New Liberalism and Our Retreat from Racial Equality questions, examines, and explains the way a new orthodoxy of American leaders has contributed to the social stratification and inequality which plagues America today. By looking at the history of our social policies since the New Deal, as well as the status of speci... more »fic policy arenas, contributors show how political shifts over the past fifty years have moved us away from a more egalitarian politics. Throughout, the central thread is a critical response to a now conventional argument that liberalism must be reconfigured in ways that retreat from immediate identification with the interests of labor, minorities, and the poor. From a look at federal housing policy and the failure of New Deal social programs to an examination of long established public assistance programs and Affirmative Action, Without Justice for All, written for both students and general readers, is timely and important contribution to the dialogue on race in modern America. In recent years, America's political and policy leaders have reshaped the nation's approach to race and equality. Our current political orthodoxy has turned away from the long held view that structural forces in our economy, public policies, and history serve to reinforce our nation's inequalities. This new cadre of leaders favors the perception that most inequalities are the results of defects or miscalculations by the minorities or inner city populations most affected. But have these changing notions of race in America served to shape the current patterns and definitions of inequality for better? Or for worse? Without Justice for All: The New Liberalism and Our Retreat from Racial Equality questions, examines, and explains the way a new orthodoxy of American leaders has contributed to the social stratification and inequality which plagues America today. By looking at the history of our social policies since the New Deal, as well as the status of specific policy arenas, contributors show how political shifts over the past fifty years have moved us away from a more egalitarian politics. Throughout, the central thread is a critical response to a now conventional argument that liberalism must be reconfigured in ways that retreat from immediate identification with the interests of labor, minorities, and the poor. From a look at federal housing policy and the failure of New Deal social programs to an examination of long established public assistance programs and Affirmative Action, Without Justice for All, written for both students and general readers, is timely and important contribution to the dialogue on race in modern America. "Nation columnist Katha Pollitt calls Adolph Reed, Jr. the most intelligent person anywhere writing about race. After the publication of Without Justice for All: The New Liberalism and Our Retreat from Racial Equality, Reed also should be known as the most intelligent person editing books about race." -Cleveland Monitor "How excellent it is, in such a depoliticised and cynical time, that so many genuine scholars should combine to treat, as if they were authentic human beings, those elements in society that have been used as 'raw material' both by our rulers, and the degraded academics who seek to please them. Sound research and good writing are, as ever, the best revenge." -Christopher Hitchens "Astute and information-packed, these essays from a wide range of scholars are a powerful counter-argument to those who say racism in America is a thing of the past. Essential reading." -Katha Pollitt "Brother Reed articulates in clear form the right-wing agenda and class warfare that both Democrats and Republicans have waged on the American worker. In addition, he makes a clear and strong argument why we are in dire need for a second political party in this country." -Robert L. Clark, General Secretary-Treasurer, United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America "A penetrating study of the myths that have been forged into policy. This critical analysis is an essential tool to help us define a coherent strategy to confront the powerful forces of injustice." -Tony Mazzochi, Presidential Assistant, Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers Union, AFL-CIO "An important source of context for health policy afiicionados seeking broader analysis of class and racial disparities in access to health services and insurance. Those who believe Clinton's Health Plan represented a neo-liberal pandering to large private insurance companies seeking a profitable role under 'reformed' health care will appreciate the collected critiques of other social policy initiatives assembled be Adolph Reed." -Kit Costello, RN, President, California Nurses AssociationPraise for Adolph Reed's W.E.B. DuBois and American Political Thought: "Readers familiar with Adolph Reed Jr.'s work ... expect fiery polemics defending one interpretation of American race relations against any and all rivals. They will not be disappointed." -The New York Times Reed's] stubborn belief in class politics, his fury at the self-satisfaction of intellectuals, and his repudiation of postmodern fashion ... make him a rare tonic." -The Nation

ISBN-13: 9780813320519
ISBN-10: 0813320518
Publication Date: 3/2001
Pages: 480
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Publisher: Westview Press
Book Type: Paperback
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