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Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism
Arthur Brooks
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Description for Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism
Paperback. Surprising proof that conservatives really are more compassionate--and more generous--than liberals Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JKSN1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 342.
We all know we should give to charity, but who really does? In his controversial study of America's giving habits, Arthur C. Brooks shatters stereotypes about charity in America-including the myth that the political Left is more compassionate than the Right. Brooks, a preeminent public policy expert, spent years researching giving trends in America, and even he was surprised by what he found. In Who Really Cares , he identifies the forces behind American charity: strong families, church attendance, earning one's own income (as opposed to receiving welfare), and the belief that individuals-not government-offer the best solution to social ... Read more
We all know we should give to charity, but who really does? In his controversial study of America's giving habits, Arthur C. Brooks shatters stereotypes about charity in America-including the myth that the political Left is more compassionate than the Right. Brooks, a preeminent public policy expert, spent years researching giving trends in America, and even he was surprised by what he found. In Who Really Cares , he identifies the forces behind American charity: strong families, church attendance, earning one's own income (as opposed to receiving welfare), and the belief that individuals-not government-offer the best solution to social ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780465008230
SKU
V9780465008230
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99-1
About Arthur Brooks
Arthur C. Brooks is Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government Policy at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. The author of Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism, Brooks writes widely about the connections between culture, politics, and economic life in America, and his work appears frequently in the Wall Street Journal and ... Read more
Reviews for Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism
"Lucidly written, carefully distilled and persuasively cogent." Wall Street Journal"