ISBN: 9781250089663 - the optimistic leftist: why the 21st century will be better than you think (11 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnRuy TeixeiraInhaltsverzeichnisrnrnPrefaceIntroductionChapter One: The Left in History--How and Where Has the Left Succeeded?Chapter Two: The Postindustrial Progressive CoalitionChapte.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Advances an analysis that should encourage progressives, be cautionary for conservatives, and engage and enlighten everyone who cares about America's political and economic future.' --James Fallows, national correspondent, The Atlantic'A tonic--not because it will make you feel better, although it might, but because he makes a powerful, provocative and persuasive case that progressives are in a better position than they realize to make our world better.' --E. J. Dionne Jr., author of Why the Right Went Wrong The words 'optimism' and 'the left' do not seem to go together very well these days. The dominant view on the left--reinforced by the election of Donald Trump--is as follows: (1) progress in today's world has largely stopped and in many ways reversed; (2) the left is weak and at the mercy of a rapacious capitalism and a marauding right; and (3) the outlook for the future is bleak, with ordinary citizens suffering even more deprivation and the planet itself sliding inexorably toward catastrophe. But all these propositions are wrong. It is not the case that progress has stopped. Today, we live in a freer, more democratic, less violent and more prosperous world than we ever have before. It is not the case that the left is at the mercy of the right. The form of the left is changing but its numbers are strong and growing. It remains a vital force--the vital force--for reforming capitalism. And it is not the case that the future of humanity is bleak. The problems we face today are solvable and, moreover, are likely to be solved in the coming decades. Life for ordinary citizens should improve dramatically over the course of the 21st century. It is not just that these pessimistic propositions are wrong. They also do real harm to the left by undermining its appeal. Pessimism makes people less likely to believe in positive change, not more likely. It is time for the left to realize that their romance with pessimism is a bug not a feature of their current practice. There is no substitute for optimism and an economic climate that promotes optimism. The time has come, as Ruy Teixeira argues in this book, for the optimistic leftist.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. 256 Pages Signed by the author sticker on the front of the DJ. Signed by the author on the title page. DJ has slight wear and soiling. "Advances an analysis that should encourage progressives, be cautionary for conservatives, and engage and enlighten everyone who cares about America's political and economic future." --James Fallows, national correspondent, The Atlantic. "A tonic, not because it will make you feel better, although it might, but because he makes a powerful, provocative and persuasive case that progressives are in a better position than they realize to make our world better." --E. J. Dionne Jr., author of Why the Right Went Wrong. T Ruy Teixeira (born December 15, 1951) is an American political scientist and commentator who has written several books on various topics in political science and political strategy. He is most noted for his work on political demography, and particularly for The Emerging Democratic Majority (2002), which he co-wrote with John Judis, a book arguing that the Democratic Party are demographically destined to become a majority party in the United States of the early 21st century. He writes and edits the weblog The Democratic Strategist. In 1999, he moved to the Century Foundation's Washington office, where he is a Senior Fellow and in 2003 he became a Senior Fellow of a newly formed think tank, the Center for American Progress, headed by John Podesta, Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton and co-chair of President Barack Obama's transition team. Teixeira is a Senior Fellow at both the Century Foundation and the Center for American Progress. The words optimism and the left do not seem to go together very well these days. The dominant view on the left--reinforced by the election of Donald Trump--is as follows: (1) progress in today's world has largely stopped and in many ways reversed; (2) the left is weak and at the mercy of a rapacious capitalism and a marauding right; and (3) the outlook for the future is bleak, with ordinary citizens suffering even more deprivation and the planet itself sliding inexorably toward catastrophe. But all these propositions are wrong. It is not the case that progress has stopped. Today, we live in a freer, more democratic, less violent and more prosperous world than we ever have before. It is not the case that the left is at the mercy of the right. The form of the left is changing but its numbers are strong and growing. It remains a vital force-- the vital force--for reforming capitalism. And it is not the case that the future of humanity is bleak. The problems we face today are solvable and, moreover, are likely to be solved in the coming decades. Life for ordinary citizens should improve dramatically over the course of the 21st century. It is not just that these pessimistic propositions are wrong. They also do real harm to the left by undermining its appeal. Pessimism makes people less likely to believe in positive change, not more likely. It is time for the left to realize that their romance with pessimism is a bug not a feature of their current practice. There is no substitute for optimism and an economic climate that promotes optimism. The time has come, as Ruy Teixeira argues in this book, for the optimistic leftist. Derived from a Kirkus review: A political analyst offers American liberals a host of reasons to be cheerful. Even when Democrats were assuming that Hillary Clinton would succeed Barack Obama as president, liberals were generally a pessimistic lot in light of the income-inequality chasm and the influence of big money on politics. Center for American Progress senior fellow Teixeira provides an often counterintuitive argument that embraces capitalistic growth, technological advancement, globalization, environmental activism, and a more optimistic attitude in general toward the course of history. Everywhere Teixeira looks, he sees good times ahead: greater prosperity, better health, longer life spans, better education, and major gains for the left in terms of social and environmental issues. Furthermore, he sees the left's constituencyâ"minorities, millennials, women, the well-educatedâ"increasing, while the working-class voting bloc of the populist right is diminishing. He also sees the welfare state giving way to the "opportunity state," and "the rise of the opportunity state will not only mean more growth but less inequality." Rather than retreat toward austerity, the left must celebrate the growth of capitalism and advances in technology, which should help shrink the wealth gap. "There will be a commitment to abundance," he advises. "This means the left will discard its flirtation with antigrowth ideologies and fully embrace the idea that material abundance is a very good thing and should be extended to all." In other words, happy days are here again, if only the left will accept its good fortune and recognize that optimism is a better rallying spirit than pessimism. A useful political book. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].…