David Saari provides an extended essay on the nature of freedom in contemporary America, its historical roots, and its present-day manifestations. Drawing on the fields of history, law, politics, business, and philosophy, this wide-ranging study examines three facets of freedom-national freedom, freedom from the state, and freedom within the state-as they have developed in American law, politics, and society. Each of these facets is carefully defined and then applied to such contemporary issues as authority, property, equality, justice, and privacy.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
Dicke: 11 mm
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978-0-275-94880-1 (9780275948801)
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DAVID J. SAARI is Professor of Public Affairs at the American University in Washington, D.C. He holds a B.A. and J.D. from the University of Minnesota and is the author of American Court Management (Quorum Books, 1982) and The Court and Free-Lance Reporter Profession (Quorum Books, 1988).
Preface Introduction The Central Question of Freedom and the Truth: Moral Poverty or Moral Progress? Too Many Freedoms: The Evidence and Arguments Too Few Freedoms: More Evidence and Arguments What Is the Truth About American Freedom? Will the Truth Set You Free? Transforming the Central Question: A Better Perspective of Freedom, A Better Paradigm Transformed Freedom: Application of Important Conclusions and New Beginnings for the American Dream of Freedom Transformed Freedom and the Future Appendix 1: Excerpt from Human Development Report 1991, United Nations Appendix 2: Excerpts from September 1992 ACIR Report Appendix 3: Translation of Funeral Oration by Pericles
