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Civic Liberalism: Reflections on Our Democratic Ideals. By Thomas A. Spragens, Jr. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999. 271p. $70.00 cloth, $24.95 paper.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2004

Stanley C. Brubaker
Affiliation:
Colgate University

Extract

Of the many endeavors in the last three decades to restate the central aspirations of liberalism, this important work is one of the most balanced, nuanced, and cogent. Part of its success lies in its willingness to stretch the boundaries of what we call liberalism, but in doing so, Spragens only brings liberal theory into better alignment with intuitions and sensibilities underlying liberal practice.

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BOOK REVIEWS
Copyright
© 2002 by the American Political Science Association

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