William Galston
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William Galston's Degrees
- PhD Political Science University of Chicago
- Bachelors Government Cornell University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, William Arthur Galston is an American author, academic, and political advisor, who holds the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies and is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Formerly the Saul Stern Professor and Dean at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland and a professor of political science at the University of Texas, Austin, Galston specializes in issues of U.S. public philosophy and political institutions, having joined the Brookings Institution on January 1, 2006.
William Galston's Published Works
Published Works
- Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity (1996) (3432)
- Political Knowledge, Political Engagement, and Civic Education (2001) (1205)
- Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2001) (1184)
- Liberal Purposes: Goods, Virtues, and Diversity in the Liberal State (1991) (399)
- Realism in political theory (2010) (382)
- Civic Education and Political Participation (2003) (348)
- Civic Knowledge, Civic Education, and Civic Engagement: A Summary of Recent Research (2007) (184)
- Liberal Pluralism: The Implications of Value Pluralism for Political Theory and Practice (2002) (167)
- Liberal Pluralism: Two Concepts of Liberalism (1995) (132)
- The Practice Of Liberal Pluralism (2004) (124)
- The Populist Challenge to Liberal Democracy (2018) (113)
- Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy (2018) (111)
- Justice and the Human Good (1980) (98)
- Value Pluralism and Liberal Political Theory (1999) (78)
- Does the Internet Strengthen Community (1999) (75)
- CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE LIBERAL STATE (2005) (67)
- Pluralism and Social Unity (1989) (50)
- Civil Society and the "Art of Association" (2000) (36)
- Liberal Pluralism: A Reply to Talisse (2004) (31)
- Moral Personality and Liberal Theory (1982) (30)
- Pluralism and Civic Virtue (2007) (29)
- Two Concepts of Liberalism (1995) (28)
- Kant and the Problem of History (1975) (28)
- The 2016 U.S. Election: The Populist Moment (2017) (27)
- Putting Children First: A Progressive Family Policy for the 1990s. (1990) (25)
- Political Feasibility: Interests and Power (2008) (25)
- Liberal purposes: Liberal goods (1991) (22)
- Signs of progress (2006) (22)
- America's Civic Condition: A Glance at the Evidence (1997) (22)
- Defending Liberalism (1982) (22)
- The Internet in Public Life (2004) (21)
- Rural America in the 1990s (1992) (21)
- Between Logic and Psychology: The Links between Value Pluralism and Liberal Theory (2013) (19)
- Liberal Pluralism: Frontmatter (2002) (18)
- On the Alleged Right to Do Wrong: A Response to Waldron (1983) (18)
- The Future of the Democratic Party (1985) (17)
- Community, Democracy, Philosophy (1989) (16)
- Expressive Liberty, Moral Pluralism, Political Pluralism: Three Sources of Liberal Theory (1999) (15)
- Civic Literacy: How Informed Citizens Make Democracy Work (2004) (15)
- Poverty and Morality: Religious and Secular Perspectives (2010) (14)
- Democracy and Disagreement.Amy Gutmann , Dennis Thompson (1998) (14)
- Health Care Providers’ Consciences and Patients’ Needs: The Quest for Balance (2012) (13)
- Genetic Prospects: Essays on Biotechnology, Ethics, and Public Policy (2003) (13)
- Reinventing Federalism: The Clinton/Gore Program for a New Partnership Among the Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Governments (1994) (13)
- Local Economic Development: Analysis and Practice@@@Rural Development in the United States: Connecting Theory, Practice, and Possibilities (1996) (13)
- Toughness as a Political Virtue (1991) (12)
- The Enduring Vulnerability of Liberal Democracy (2020) (12)
- Moral Pluralism and Liberal Democracy: Isaiah Berlin's Heterodox Liberalism (2009) (12)
- FIVE. Civic Education in the Liberal State (1989) (11)
- Political Economy and the Politics of Virtue: US Public Philosophy at Century's End (1998) (11)
- Church, State, and Education (2007) (11)
- Book Review:Spheres of Justice: A Defense of Pluralism and Equality. Michael Walzer (1984) (9)
- Rural Development In The United States (1995) (9)
- Reason, Consent, and the U.S. Constitution: Bruce Ackerman's "We the People" (1994) (9)
- The Perils of Preemptive War (2002) (9)
- Value Pluralism and Political Liberalism (1996) (8)
- Philosophical dimensions of public policy (2002) (8)
- Public Morality and Religion in the Liberal State (1986) (8)
- Parents, Government, and Children: Authority over Education in a Pluralist Liberal Democracy (2011) (8)
- A Sketch of Some Arguments for Conscription (2003) (7)
- The Practice of Liberal Pluralism by William A. Galston (2004) (7)
- More builders and fewer traders: a growth strategy for the American economy (2015) (7)
- The New Challenge to Market Democracies: The Political and Social Costs of Economic Stagnation (2014) (6)
- 4. Anger, Humiliation, and Political Theory: Bringing the Darker Passions Back In (2018) (6)
- A communitarian position on the family (1993) (6)
- The promise of communitarianism (1993) (6)
- Oakeshott's political theory: recapitulation and criticisms (2012) (6)
- Causes of Declining Well-Being among U.S. Children. (1993) (6)
- An old debate renewed: the politics of the public interest (2007) (6)
- On Liberalism (1990) (5)
- Liberal purposes: Moral personality and liberal theory (1991) (5)
- From Deep Disagreements to Constructive Proposals (2010) (5)
- Expressive Liberty and Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Freedom of Conscience (2003) (5)
- Leo Strauss’s Qualified Embrace of Liberal Democracy (2009) (5)
- The Common Good: Theoretical Content, Practical Utility (2013) (5)
- Democracy, Education, and the Schools . Edited by Roger Soder. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1996. 293p. $29.95. (1996) (4)
- Liberal Virtues (1988) (4)
- Jews, Muslims & the prospects for pluralism (2003) (4)
- Citizenship, Values, & Cultural Concerns: What Americans Want from Immigration Reform (2013) (4)
- What Value Pluralism Means for Legal-Constitutional Orders (2009) (4)
- Commentary: Ethics and Character in the U.S. Presidency (2010) (4)
- WHAT “REALISTIC UTOPIAS” ARE — AND AREN’T (2016) (4)
- The Samaritan's Dilemma: Should Government Help Your Neighbor? By Deborah Stone. New York: Nation Books, 2008. 304p. $25.95. (2009) (3)
- Book Review (2002) (3)
- Liberal purposes: Liberalism and the neutral state (1991) (3)
- Review Essay: Autonomy, Accommodation, and Tolerance (2005) (3)
- on the reemergence of political pluralism (2006) (3)
- Perspective: Communitarian Economics: How to Cut the Deficit and Put America Back to Work (1992) (3)
- A Tough Row to Hoe: The 1985 Farm Bill and Beyond (1985) (3)
- The Obligation to Play Political Hardball (1989) (3)
- PLURALIST CONSTITUTIONALISM (2010) (3)
- Civil Society, Civic Virtue, and Liberal Democracy (2000) (3)
- Pluralism and Pluralism and Liberal Democracy (2006) (3)
- Families, Associations, and Political Pluralism (2006) (3)
- Community matters : challenges to civic engagement in the 21st century (2005) (3)
- Populist Resentment, Elitist Arrogance: Two Challenges to Good Democratic Leadership (2014) (3)
- The Legal and Political Implications of Moral Pluralism (1998) (3)
- Global Poverty and Unequal Development (2010) (2)
- Getting Real about Realism: Voters Are More Reasonable, and Democracies More Responsive, than Achen and Bartels Suggest (2018) (2)
- AFTER SOCIALISM: MUTUALISM AND A PROGRESSIVE MARKET STRATEGY (2002) (2)
- Liberal Egalitarianism: (2021) (2)
- Liberal purposes: Liberal virtues (1991) (2)
- Public matters : essays on politics, policy, and religion (2005) (2)
- An Affirmative Action Status Report: Evidence and Options (1997) (2)
- Should Public Law Accommodate the Claims of Conscience (2014) (2)
- Citizenship and Civic Attachment: The Case for a Universal Service Lottery (2012) (2)
- War After September 11 (2002) (2)
- Democracy and Value Pluralism (2000) (2)
- Domestic Violence and Welfare Receipt in Maryland : Linking Individual Outcomes to Implementation and Jurisdictional Differences (2003) (2)
- The European Project and Its Enemies (2018) (2)
- Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy . By Hannah Arendt. Edited and with an Interpretive Essay by Ronald Beiner. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983. Pp. viii, 174. $15.00.) (1984) (2)
- CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN NEEDS A GOVERNMENT YOU CAN TRUST CHANGE YOU CAN BELIEVE IN NEEDS A GOVERNMENT YOU CAN TRUST (2008) (2)
- The Practice of Liberal Pluralism: Value Pluralism and Political Means: Toughness as a Political Virtue (2004) (2)
- Liberal Pluralism and Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Freedom of Conscience (2004) (1)
- William Galston Responds (2011) (1)
- Physiological Studies onPeaTendrils. II.TheRoleofLight andATP inContact Coiling (1966) (1)
- Social Justice in the Liberal State (1981) (1)
- WHY THE NEW LIBERALISM ISN'T ALL THAT NEW, AND WHY THE OLD LIBERALISM ISN'T WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS (2006) (1)
- Liberal Egalitarian Attitudes toward Ethical Pluralism (2009) (1)
- Challenges to Liberal Democracy (2018) (1)
- Political Theory Today . Edited by David Held. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1991. 360p. $39.50 cloth, $12.95 paper. (1992) (1)
- The Madisonian Understanding of Executive Power: A Defense of Concurrent Powers (2012) (1)
- Liberal Pluralism: Three Sources of Liberal Pluralism (2002) (1)
- WHY YOUNG PEOPLE ARE VOLUNTEERING IN RECORD (2005) (1)
- Liberal Government, Civil Society, and the Rule of Law (2005) (1)
- Political Obligation in Its Historical Context: Essays in Political Theory . By John Dunn. (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1980. Pp. x, 355. $34.50.) (1982) (1)
- The Populist Challenge (2018) (1)
- Poverty and Morality: Acknowledgments (2010) (1)
- Knowledge and Power (1990) (1)
- Sexuality and the "System of Liberty": Comment on Stolzenberg (2005) (1)
- Ethics and Public Policy in A Democracy: The Case of Human Embryo Research (2001) (1)
- Religion, Conscience, and the Case for Accommodation (2014) (1)
- Public Morality and Public Policy: The Case of Children and Family Policy (1996) (1)
- Religious Violence or Religious Pluralism (2011) (1)
- Book Review:Liberal Democracy: A Critique of Its Theory. Andrew Levine (1983) (1)
- On Justifying Democracy. William N. Nelson (1983) (1)
- 4. Equality of Opportunity and Liberal Theory (2019) (1)
- Reconceiving the Political: Notes toward a New Pluralism (2002) (1)
- Health Care Dysfunction: The Case of the Missing Middle (2018) (1)
- Liberal Pluralism: Parents, Government, and Children: Authority over Education in the Liberal Pluralist State (2002) (1)
- The Virtues of Liberalism . By James T. Kloppenberg New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. 240p. $35.00. (1999) (1)
- Recensions / Reviews (2009) (0)
- Book Review title page and contents (1992) (0)
- Blockage byGibberellic AcidofPhytochrome Effects on Growth, 7-AuxinResponses, andFlavonoid Synthesis inEtiolated PeaInternodes1 (1969) (0)
- FALSE UNIVERSALITY: INFINITE PERSONALITY AND FINITE EXISTENCE IN UNGER'S POLITICS (2003) (0)
- introduction: the political economy of human happiness (2016) (0)
- Universalism Vs. Relativism: Making Moral Judgments in a Changing, Pluralistic, and Threatening World (2006) (0)
- 10. Liberal Democracy and the Problem of Technology (2019) (0)
- The Practice of Liberal Pluralism: Value Pluralism and Its Critics (2004) (0)
- Two concepts of liberalism : Symposium on citizenship, democracy, and education (1995) (0)
- Rousseau's Political Philosophy: An Exposition and Interpretation . By Ramon M. Lemos. (Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1977. Pp. x, 262. $14.50.) (1978) (0)
- The obligations of Equality (2001) (0)
- 11. Citizenship, Civic Unity, and National Service (2017) (0)
- Jewish Philosophy and American Democracy (2019) (0)
- Liberal Pluralism: Democracy and Value Pluralism (2002) (0)
- Why The Ministerial Exception Is Consistent With Smith—And Why It Makes Sense (2016) (0)
- Fall 2012: On Public Opinion (2012) (0)
- The Madisonian Understanding of Executive Power (2012) (0)
- The Use and Abuse of the Classics in American Constitutionalism (1990) (0)
- Liberalism and neutral public discourse (1991) (0)
- Polyamine Binding toProteins inOatandPetunia Protoplasts (1989) (0)
- Partisanship and inclusion (1991) (0)
- Physiological Studies onPeaTendrils. V. MembraneChangesand WaterMovementAssociated withContact Coiling (1968) (0)
- Book Review:Democracy's Discontent: America in Search of a Public Philosophy. Michael J. Sandel (1997) (0)
- Liberal Pluralism: Value Pluralism and Political Community (2002) (0)
- Barack Obama’s First Two Years: Policy Accomplishments, Political Failure: William A. Galston (2012) (0)
- Liberal Pluralism: Liberal Pluralist Theory: Comprehensive, Not Political (2002) (0)
- Book Review: Identity in Democracy (2004) (0)
- Restoration of the republic: The Jeffersonian ideal in 21st‐century America; (2004) (0)
- Political Philosophy in the Twentieth Century: Moral pluralism and liberal democracy: Isaiah Berlin's heterodox liberalism (2011) (0)
- 1. Michael Walzer, Exodus and Revolution (2020) (0)
- Globalization , Conflict & the Experience of Localities Globalization and Religion Conference on Globalization , Conflict & the Experience of Localities Rome , Italy 28-29 (2009) (0)
- Liberal purposes: Liberal justice (1991) (0)
- The Practice of Liberal Pluralism: Expressive Liberty and Constitutional Democracy: The Case of Freedom of Conscience (2004) (0)
- Lunch Symposium: The 2016 Presidential Election and the Changing Electorate and Electoral Participation (2016) (0)
- Book Review:The Causal Theory of Justice. Karol Edward Soltan (1989) (0)
- In Defense of Liberalism.D. A. Lloyd ThomasDemocratic Liberalism and Social Union.Terry Pinkard (1990) (0)
- Why Liberal Tolerance, Rightly Understood, Is Coherent and Defensible (2017) (0)
- Social Justice Reconsidered: The Problem of Appropriate Precision in a Theory of Justice . By David Mapel. (Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois, 1989. Pp. 169. $24.95.) (1990) (0)
- Liberal Democracy in Theory (2018) (0)
- Book Review:Ethics in Congress: From Individual to Institutional Corruption. Dennis F. Thompson (1996) (0)
- The Practice of Liberal Pluralism: The Public and Its Problems (2004) (0)
- Book Review (1999) (0)
- Civil Rights and Racial Preferences : A Legal History of Affirmative Action (2013) (0)
- Campaign '88 and Foreign Policy (1988) (0)
- Ethical Dimensions of Global Development (2006) (0)
- 15. Between Journalism and History (2020) (0)
- Teaching about 9/11 in 2011: What Our Children Need to Know. (2011) (0)
- Is Democracy at Risk in the United States (2018) (0)
- Can Government Fix What's Wrong with the Economy? (2014) (0)
- Liberal Pluralism: Freedom of Association and Expressive Liberty (2002) (0)
- Poverty and Morality: Select Bibliography (2010) (0)
- “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”: (2019) (0)
- What ' s Wrong with Entrapment ? (2015) (0)
- Citizenship, Civic Unity, and National Service (2006) (0)
- Becoming Jean Elshtain:: Exploring the Intersections of Social Feminism and Civic Life (2018) (0)
- Freedom of Association. Edited by Gutmann Amy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1998. 382p. $77.50 cloth, $20.95 paper. (2000) (0)
- Physiological Studies on PeaTendrils. III. ATPase Activity andContractility Associated withCoiling (1967) (0)
- Finding the Mean: Theory and Practice in Aristotelian Political Philosophy. By Stephen G. Salkever. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990. 287p. $35.00.Aristotle on the Human Good. By Richard Kraut. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1989, 379p. $37.50. (1992) (0)
- When Well-Being Trumps Liberty: Political Theory, Jurisprudence, and Children's Rights (2004) (0)
- The Effects of Modern Markets on Civic Life (2004) (0)
- The Practice of Liberal Pluralism: Value Pluralism and Motivational Complexity: The Case of Cosmopolitan Altruism (2004) (0)
- APSA Presidential Task Force Report on New Partnerships (2020) (0)
- Democratic Erosion and Political Convergence (2018) (0)
- Liberal purposes: Introduction (1991) (0)
- Spoiler Alert: (0)
- Dual Sovereignty in Traditional Judaism and Liberal Democracy (2013) (0)
- Liberal Equality. Amy Gutmann (1982) (0)
- Liberal Pluralism and Liberal Egalitarianism (2004) (0)
- 2. Religious Violence or Religious Pluralism: The Essential Choice (2011) (0)
- Philosophy, Style, and Submission Guidelines for Perspectives on Politics (2002) (0)
- Liberalism's Crooked Circle: Letters to Adam Michnik. By Katznelson Ira. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996. 192p. $19.95. (1998) (0)
- Book Review:Without Foundations: Justification in Political Theory. Don Herzog (1986) (0)
- Charting new directions : Brazil ’ s role in a multipolar world (2011) (0)
- Can Government Save the Family (1996) (0)
- When Ancient Teachings Meet Modern Problems (2017) (0)
- Rights Past, Present, and Future (1991) (0)
- Liberal Pluralism: LIBERAL PLURALISM (2002) (0)
- introduction: the political economy of human happiness (2016) (0)
- Phytochrome Controlled 4C-Sucrose UptakeintoEtiolated PeaBuds: Effects ofGibberellic AcidandOtherSubstances' (1967) (0)
- After Socialism: After Socialism: Mutualism and a Progressive Market Strategy (2003) (0)
- Poverty and Morality: Introduction (2010) (0)
- Liberal Pluralism: Liberal Pluralism and Civic Goods (2002) (0)
- The Practice of Liberal Pluralism: The Politics of Reciprocity: The Theory and Practice of Mutualism (2004) (0)
- Public virtue and religion (1991) (0)
- The 2012 Election: What Happened, What Changed, What it Means (2013) (0)
- Conclusion: Liberal Pluralism at Home and Abroad (2004) (0)
- Democratic Community: NOMOS XXXV. Edited by John W. Chapman and Ian Shapiro. New York: New York University Press, 1993. 400p. $42.50. (1994) (0)
- Liberal Democracy in America: What Is to Be Done? (2018) (0)
- Session 1, Part I - Appointment Delays (2015) (0)
- The Abortion Dilemma (2017) (0)
- "I Have a Dream": Ideas for Rebuilding American Culture (1996) (0)
- Political Concepts: A Reconstruction. By Oppenheim Felix E.. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981. Pp. x + 227. $22.00.) (1981) (0)
- Liberal Pluralism: Pluralism in Ethics and Politics (2002) (0)
- Opportune Moment: (2019) (0)
- The Logic of History.Charles Morazé , Wilson O. Clough (1979) (0)
- Chapter 7. Truth and Democracy: Theme and Variations (2012) (0)
- On Justice. J. R. Lucas (1982) (0)
- Promoting tolerance for the twenty-first century (2014) (0)
- The Practice of Liberal Pluralism: Political Pluralism and Limits on State Power (2004) (0)
- B pluralism. Berlin himself believed that value pluralism was consistent with liberalism, which he (1999) (0)
- Peirce's cable and Plato's cave: objectivity and community in contemporary political philosophy (1991) (0)
- Toward a more generous patriotism (2002) (0)
- The Affirmative Action Debate (2017) (0)
- List of referees (1986) (0)
- Putting Children First. (1992) (0)
- Freedom, Virtue, and Social Unity: Gordon Wood's Classical Republicanism and the American Revolution (1990) (0)
- The Practice of Liberal Pluralism: Liberal Pluralism Between Monism and Diversity (2004) (0)
- List of Referees (2005) (0)
- Polanowska-Sygulska, Beata, (in Polish) Value Pluralism and Its Implications for Legal Philosophy (Kraków, 2008: Ksiegarnia Akademicka) (2013) (0)
- Religious Violence or Religious Pluralism : Islam ’ s Essential Choice (2013) (0)
- The Incompleteness of Liberal Democracy (2018) (0)
- Democracy: Democracy and Value Pluralism (2000) (0)
- Liberalism and internal dissent (2015) (0)
- Liberal Pluralism: From Value Pluralism to Liberal Pluralist Politics (2002) (0)
- The Rape of the Locke: Race, Gender, and the Loss of Liberal Virtue (1992) (0)
- Liberalism, Nationalism, Pluralism: The Political Thought of Isaiah Berlin (2018) (0)
- Book Review:The Resurrection of Nature: Political Theory and the Human Character. J. Budziszewski (1987) (0)
- Moral Inquiry and Liberal Education in the American University* (2000) (0)
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