http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/138 Fri, 24 May 2013 22:43:40 GMT 2013-05-24T22:43:40Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/bitstream/id/4182/icps.png http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/138 http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/14855 The Bankruptcy of Liberalism and Conservatism Etzioni, Amitai Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/14855 2013-05-01T00:00:00Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/14761 A451 Accomodating China Etzioni, Amitai Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/14761 2013-04-10T00:00:00Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/14752 A450 Interview with People's Daily Etzioni, Amitai Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/14752 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/14742 A. 449 Less is More Etzioni, Amitai The moral virtue of policy minimalism Communism and the liberal democratic ideologies—the domestic and foreign policies of nations as different as Russia and the US—have one major common failing: they vastly overestimate the capacity of governments to redesign and reengineer societal systems. This is especially true when the driving force of change is mainly a foreign power, when various powers engage in what should be called long-distance societal engineering. Thus, the capacity to build democracy (or socialism) in other nations, as well as to form new global regimes, turns out to be much more limited than the leading modern ideologies have assumed. I cannot stress enough that I am not arguing that major societal changes do not occur, but merely that very often these changes are not those willed or directed by governments or any other elite or power. Thus, Russia today is a rather different society and power than it was 30 years ago, but hardly the one to which the Communist Party aspired to at the time. And while no one knows yet how the US attempts to change Iraqi and Afghan polities will end up, it is safe to assume they will not turn into the kinds of regimes President Bush envisioned when he ordered American forces into both countries. Evaluations of the United Nations differ, but no one sees any resemblance between the United Nations we deal with these days and the one its founders envisioned. Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/14742 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/14053 Gridlock? Etzioni, Amitai The article documents that there is actually very little gridlock. Most of the time, what the article calls the conservative party (most Republicans and a sizeable number of Democratic legislators) gains its way—even if that means blocking action. This is the case in foreign policy, homeland protection, and economic policies (though not in cultural issues). In addition, conservatives changed the rules of the game in their favor and block truly liberal nominations. Polls show that for every American who identifies her or himself as a liberal, there are two conservatives. Practically all Republicans see themselves as such, but many Democrats are not liberals. The political system works quite well from one specific viewpoint: it delivers what the majority says it wants. This raises a question: if Congress represents well the majority—why is the majority so unhappy? Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/14053 2012-10-31T00:00:00Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/13339 A448 The Limits of Knowledge: Personal and Public Etzioni, Amitai Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/13339 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/13176 A447 Communitarianism Etzioni, Amitai Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/13176 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/13151 The Kennedy Experiment Revisited Etzioni, Amitai Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://aladinrc.wrlc.org:80/handle/1961/13151 2008-03-01T00:00:00Z