To Promote the General Welfare: The Case for Big Government

by Steven Conn

Book Overview

Americans love to hate their government, and a long tradition of anti-government suspicion reaches back to debates among the founders of the nation. But the election of Barack Obama has created a backlash rivaled only by the anti-government hysteria that preceded the Civil War.

Lost in all the Tea Party rage and rhetoric is this simple fact: the federal government plays a central role in making our society function, and it always has. Edited...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199858551
• ISBN13: 9780199858552
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"