Integrating the Sixties: The Origins, Structures, and Legitimacy of Public Policy in a Turbulent Decade (Issues in Policy History)

Issues in Policy History

by Brian Balogh

Each essay in this volume sheds light on an important aspect of the decade―actually a decade and half―known as the Sixties. The Sixties are famous for the diverse social movements that threatened the essence of American public policy and mainstream society and changed those very entities in fundamental ways. These essays juxtapose the dramatic narratives of social movements, including civil rights, women's liberation, and antiwar protest, and the Cold War liberalism that spawned them. The contributors are two political scientists, several historians influenced by the social sciences, and the senior staff attorney for the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. Contributors are Brian Balogh, Hugh Hečlo, Martha Derthick, Daryl Michael Scott, W. J. Rorabaugh, Martha F. Davis, and Louis Galambos.

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First published August 27, 1996

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[Timothy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Originally published in a special issue of Journal of Policy History, this array of essays reflects on the vast changes that transformed (debilitated) public policy as an instrument of government. The rights revolution led to hyper individualism and the personal over the public. The shift away from place based politics to group claims of grievances undermined confidence in government and led to the Culture Wars of the 1990s.