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100	1		_aSabin, Paul, _d1970- _eauthor. _9235916
245	1	0	_aPublic citizens : _bthe attack on big government and the remaking of American liberalism / _cPaul Sabin.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bW.W. Norton & Company, Inc., _c[2021]
300			_axviii, 254 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe postwar partnership of business, labor, and government -- Rethinking the liberal embrace of government agencies -- Creating public interest firms -- "Insecure" power and the nonprofit rationale -- Making regulation "government-proof" -- "Sue the bastards" -- Institutionalizing the public interest movement -- The Carter administration's struggle for balance -- Stalemate : the 1980 election and its legacy.
520			_a"The story of the dramatic postwar struggle over the proper role of citizens and government in American society. In the 1960s and 70s, an insurgent attack on traditional liberalism took shape in America, built on new ideals of citizen advocacy and the public interest. Environmentalists, social critics, and consumer advocates like Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Ralph Nader, and others crusaded against what they saw as a misguided and often corrupt government. Drawing energy from civil rights protests and opposition to the Vietnam War, the new citizens movement drew legions of followers and scored major victories, disrupting plans for highways and dams, banning harmful chemicals, and blocking pipelines. In the process, citizen advocates helped to undermine big government liberalism and, ironically, clear the way for Reagan-era "free market" conservatives who sought to slash regulations and enrich corporations. Public Citizens traces the history of the public interest movement and explores its tangled legacy, showing the ways New Deal liberalism fell apart and the challenges in trying to replace it"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aLiberalism _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century. _9189029
650		0	_aBureaucracy _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aPublic interest groups _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aPressure groups _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1945-1989. _934062
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