Compassionate Conservatism
Subtitle: What it is, What it Does, and How it Can Transform America
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Free Press
Published: January 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780743201315
Subjects: Central government policies; Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies; Social issues; Social Policy; Political; Conservatism; United States; Current Affairs; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Politics and government; Political Process - Political Parties; Economics - General; Government - U.S. Government; Political Science / Practical Politics; Social ethics; 1993-2001; Decentralization in government
First sentence: COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATISM. Many reporters see it as a sugary concoction, word candy for a political campaign that seeks not to offend.
Description: "Compassionate conservatism offers a new paradigm for how the government can and should intervene in the economy. It begins with a long-lost premise about human behavior: economics, by itself, is not what changes lives. Only faith, and deeply held beliefs, can do that. For decades government has focused only on material well-being, ignoring the passions and convictions that make life worth living.

What is conservative about the new movement is that its leaders also know that government cannot instill these beliefs. What it can do is help them flourish. It can give aid, inspiration, and direction to America's natural "armies of compassion" that have been a hallmark of our history since the founding."--BOOK JACKET.