Our age is celebrated as the triumph of liberal democracy. Yet it is also marked by a narrowing of party differences, a decline in voter participation, a rise i

Our age is celebrated as the triumph of liberal democracy. Yet it is also marked by a narrowing of party differences, a decline in voter participation, a rise i

"Urges us to confront the closure of our political horizons and re-imagine the possibility of emancipatory change."--Publishers website.

How did liberalism, the great political tradition that from the New Deal to the 1960s seemed to dominate American politics, fall from favor so far and so fast?

Based on rich oral histories, this is an engaging study of citizenship construction and practice in Liberia, Africa's first black republic.