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The end of liberalism

by Theodore J. Lowi

This is one of the few books on substantive public policy written by a political scientist with behavioral training. The author subjects the key policies of the post-World War II period to close scrutiny and finds virtually every area of government activity- business regulation, agriculture, housing and urban programs, the War on Poverty, civil rights, foreign policy- marked by blind adherence to formulas that bear little relevence to the conditions they were designed to correct. The author finds the need for reform beyond solution by patchwork governmental commissions. -- from Back Cover.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?