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Bryan, William Jennings

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Cleveland, Grover, --- Bryan, William Jennings, --- Democratic Party (U.S.). --- United States --- Politics and government.

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The 1896 Democratic National Convention simultaneously proposed a radically new trajectory for American industrial expansion, harshly repudiated its own incumbent president, and rudely overturned the party's traditional regional and social hierarchy. The passion that attended these decisions was deeply embedded in the traditional alliances and understandings of the past, in the careers and futures of the party's most prominent leaders and most insignificant ward heelers, and in the personal relations of men who had long served together in the halls of Congress. This passion was continuously on display in the Chicago Coliseum, shaped by the rhythm of parliamentary ritual and the physical architecture of the convention hall. William Jennings Bryan anticipated the moment when pathos would be at its height and chose that moment to give his 'Cross of Gold' address, thus harnessing passion to his personal ambition and winning the presidential nomination.

Silver question. --- Free coinage --- Silver question --- Specie payments --- Currency question --- Bimetallism --- Coinage --- Money --- Bryan, William Jennings, --- Democratic National Convention --- United States --- Politics and government --- Social Sciences --- Political Science

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Bryan, William Jennings, --- Views on Latin America. --- United States --- Latin America --- United States --- United States --- Etats-Unis --- Amérique latine --- Etats-Unis --- Etats-Unis --- Foreign relations --- Foreign relations --- Foreign relations --- Territorial expansion. --- Relations extérieures --- Relations extérieures --- Relations extérieures --- Expansion territoriale

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Robert Goodin passionately and cogently defends the welfare state from current attacks by the New Right. But he contends that the welfare state finds false friends in those on the Old Left who would justify it as a hesitant first step toward some larger, ideally just form of society. Reasons for Welfare, in contrast, offers a defense of the minimal welfare state substantially independent of any such broader commitments, and at the same time better able to withstand challenges from the New Right's moralistic political economy. This defense of the existence of the welfare state is discussed, flanked by criticism of Old Left and New Right arguments that is both acute and devastating. In the author's view, the welfare state is best justified as a device for protecting needy--and hence vulnerable--members of society against the risk of exploitation by those possessing discretionary control over resources that they require. Its task is to protect the interests of those not in a position to protect themselves. Communitarian or egalitarian ideals may lead us to move beyond the welfare state as thus conceived and justified. Moving beyond it, however, does not invalidate the arguments for constantly maintaining at least the minimal protections necessary for vulnerable members of society.

Welfare state. --- Social justice. --- Bryan, William Jennings. --- Catholic Benevolent Fund. --- Gross National Product (GNF). --- Harrington, Michael. --- Heclo, Hugh. --- Joseph, Sir Keith. --- Keynesianism. --- Laffer curve. --- absolute needs. --- activist welfare state. --- adverse selection. --- air pollution. --- apartheid policies. --- bias and impartiality. --- capital distribution. --- clientelism in welfare. --- closet altruism. --- collective conscience. --- commercialization and services. --- conditional needs. --- contingent freedom. --- culture of poverty. --- defense contracts. --- disability insurance. --- duty of care concept. --- earnings, and labor supply. --- economic justice. --- entailed estates. --- extra-market allocation. --- farm relief. --- flagrant violation concept. --- formal discretion. --- fraternal organizations. --- generosity. --- gift relationship: altruism. --- humanism, and dependency. --- intentional discrimination. --- involuntary needs. --- laissez-faire. --- loss from exploitation. --- macroeconomics. --- mainstreaming. --- neighborhood schools. --- no choice standard. --- objective needs. --- obligations-based welfare. --- parenta. --- parole boards. --- personal deserts. --- positive discrimination. --- quality control. --- residential patterns.