The Question of Privacy in Public Policy: An Analysis of the Reagan-Bush Era Contributor(s): Baggins, David S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0275943003 ISBN-13: 9780275943004 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $94.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1993 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Civil Rights - Political Science | Public Policy - General - Political Science | American Government - National |
Dewey: 323.448 |
LCCN: 93006771 |
Lexile Measure: 1500 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.05 lbs) 216 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This study examines the role of privacy in American political thought, specifically, the rise, implementation, and consequences of the conservative social policies of the Reagan-Bush era as they relate to the question of privacy. In particular, the work focuses on some of the high-profile social issues of that period: the War on Drugs, so-called family values, abortion, sexuality, and discrimination. Sadofsky concludes that privacy-invasive public policies such as were initiated in the Reagan-Bush years are expensive, defy the Constitution, and actually cause dysfunctional social behavior. He also suggests that social behavior in the 1960s did much to create a wave of intolerance in the 1980s, and that progressivism requires a return to the morality of tolerance. |