The conservative heart : how to build a fairer, happier, and more prosperous America

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Label

The conservative heart : how to build a fairer, happier, and more prosperous America

Title remainder

how to build a fairer, happier, and more prosperous America

Statement of responsibility

Arthur C. Brooks

Title variation

• How to build a fairer, happier, and more prosperous America
• New vision for the pursuit of happiness, earned success, and social justice

Creator

• trueBrooks, Arthur C., 1964-
• Brooks, Arthur C., 1964-

Author

• Brooks, Arthur C., 1964-

Subject

• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
• truePolitics and global affairs -- Political parties
• trueSocial change
• Social change -- United States
• trueSocial values
• Social values -- United States
• trueUnited States
• trueSocial justice
• Conservatism -- United States
• trueConservatism -- United States

Genre

• truePolitics and global affairs

Language

eng

Summary

• "The prominent economist and president of the American Enterprise Institute--the leading intellectual think tank on the right--offers a bold new vision for conservatism as a movement for social and economic justice. In The Conservative Heart, Arthur C. Brooks contends that after years of focusing on economic growth and traditional social values, it is time for a new kind of conservatism--one that helps the vulnerable without mortgaging our children's future. In Brooks' daring vision, this conservative movement fights poverty, promotes equal opportunity, celebrates earned success, and values spiritual enlightenment. It is an inclusive movement with a positive agenda to help people lead happier, more hopeful, and more satisfied lives. One of the country's leading scholars and policy thinkers, Brooks has considered these issues for decades. Drawing on years of research on the sources of happiness, he asserts that what people most need are four "institutions of meaning"--faith, family, community, and meaningful work. These are not only the foundations of personal wellbeing, but also the necessary means for building a better nation. Combining reporting, original research, and case studies, and free of vituperative politics, The Conservative Heart is an intelligent and compelling manifesto for renewal. Clear, well-reasoned, and accessible, it is a welcome new strategy for disconsolate conservatives looking for fresh, actionable ideas to address the serious problems confronting us today and to reclaim our future, and for politically independent citizens who believe that neither political party addresses their needs or concerns"--
• "The product of years of research and analysis by Arthur Brooks that lead him to conclude what people need most are four "institutions of meaning": faith, family, community, and meaningful work. It combines reporting, original research, and case studies in a manifesto that will help people lead happier, satisfying lives"--

Tone

• trueConservative

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• Provided by publisher
• Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

320.520973

Index

index present

LC call number

JC573.2.U6

LC item number

B77 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult