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Spectrum: From Right to Left in the World of Ideas.(Brief article)
SPECTRUM: FROM RIGHT TO LEFT IN THE WORLD OF IDEAS
By Perry Anderson
Verso, 2006
OUR SHARED SENSE of the state's proper role and responsibilities is in a parlous state. After Katrina, the federal government looked to private charity for responses to the crisis. Americans too often cede the state's responsibilities of care and concern, especially to communities of color, as Katrina graphically demonstrated.
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