RT Book
T1 The foundations of American Jewish liberalism
T2 Cambridge studies in social theory, religion, and politics
A1 Wald, Kenneth D. 1949-
LA English
PP Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1031046100
AB "American Jews have built a political culture based on the principle of equal citizenship in a secular state. This durable worldview has guided their political behavior from the founding to the present day. In The Foundations of American Jewish Liberalism, Kenneth D. Wald traces the development of this culture by examining the controversies and threats that stimulated political participation by American Jews. Wald shows that the American political environment, permeated by classic liberal values, produced a Jewish community that differs politically from non-Jews who resemble Jews socially and from Jewish communities abroad. Drawing on survey data and extensive archival research, the book examines the ups and downs of Jewish attachment to liberalism and the Democratic Party and the tensions between two distinct strains of liberalism"--
AB America is different -- Why American Jewish politics is puzzling -- How is America different? -- How Jews fell in love with the American regime -- Jewish political culture in the early national period -- Consolidating Jewish political culture -- Early twentieth century challenges to Jewish political culture -- Jewish political culture during the "long sixties" and after -- Resurgence of democratic partisanship in the post-New Deal era -- The persistence of the Jewish liberal tradition
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 220-245
CN E184.36.P64
SN 9781108708852
SN 9781108497893
K1 Jews : United States : Politics and government
K1 Liberalism : United States : History
K1 United States : Ethnic relations
DO 10.1017/9781108597388