Growing Cynicism Affecting American Politics
Panelists discussed the public cynicism about Congress and the U.S. political process. Topics included the causes of and solutions to public dissatisfaction, as well as the effects of cynici…
163 viewsPanelists discussed the public cynicism about Congress and the U.S. political process. Topics included the causes of and solutions to public dissatisfaction, as well as the effects of cynici…
163 viewsThe panalists discussed several issues surrounding the individualist and communitarian moral perspectives of present society.
153 viewsParticipants talked about how welfare programs could be reformed in order to encourage work. Governor Bill Weld, R-MA, shared his state’s reform proposal, and the prospects for federal appro…
100 viewsIn a debate between libertarian and communitarian philosophies, David Boaz presented the libertarian and Professor Amitai Etzioni the communitarian view. Sonya Hamlin moderated the debate. T…
477 viewsGeorge Washington University Sociology Professor Etzioni, founder of the Communitarian movement, discussed his book The Politics of Virtue and his other writings in a speech to a luncheon au…
60 viewsWitnesses testified on proposals on implementing local and community service programs. The purpose of the hearing was to provide the upcoming administration with information on public servic…
219 viewsProfessor Etziono discussed the ideas of communitarianism, in which community rights are balanced with individual rights, and how the ideas might be used in a Clinton presidential administra…
90 viewsProfessor Etzioni, Editor for the Responsive Community, spoke about his platform of balancing individual rights with civic responsibility called communitarianism. He then took viewer call-in…
253 viewsGeorge Washington University and Responsive Community sponsored a teach-in to discuss their ideals of civic responsibility, or communitarianism. Their platform focuses on a concept of recipr…
112 viewsThe Heritage Foundation and the Progressive Foundation co-sponsored a forum on politics in the 1990's entitled, “Left and Right: the Emergence of a New Politics in the 1990's?". Panelists di…
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