1st Edition

The Politics of the American Civil Liberties Union

By William A. Donohue Copyright 1985
390 Pages
by Routledge

392 Pages
by Routledge

366 Pages
by Routledge

This is a critical analysis of the history of the American Civil Liberties Union and at the same time the history of American liberalism in the twentieth century. It represents the first published account of the ACLU's record. Other works on the organization either dealt only with specific issues or have been simply journalistic accounts. Donohue provides the first systematic analysis by a social... Read more
Foreword: The Reverse Sequence in Civil Liberties, Abbreviations, Acknowledgments, 1. Introduction: Liberalism and the ACLU, 2. Civil Liberties, Equality, and Social Justice, 3. Civil Liberties, Communism, and the State, 4. Civil Liberties, Civility, and the Social Order, 5. Conclusion: The ACLU's Contribution to Freedom in the United States, Name Index, Subject Index

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William A. Donohue