Progressivism in America

David B. Woolner is Senior Fellow and Resident Historian of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, Senior Fellow of the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College, and Associate Professor of History at Marist College. He is the author of FDR: The Last 100 Days, forthcoming from Basic Books and is co-editor with Warren Kimball and David Reynolds of FDR's World: War, Peace and Legacies (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008) John M. Thompson is Assistant Lecturer at the Clinton Institute for American Studies, University College Dublin. He is co-editor of America's Transatlantic Turn: Theodore Roosevelt and the "Discovery" of Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).

Preface & Acknowledgements

Introduction
David B. Woolner and John M. Thompson

Part One: Antecedents
Chapter One
TR, Wilson and the Origins of Progressivism, by Charles Postel
Chapter Two
Franklin Roosevelt and the Progressive Tradition, by Alan Brinkley and David B. Woolner
Chapter Three
From the Politics of Hope to the Politics of Frustration: FDR's Legacy and the Quandaries of Postwar Liberalism, by Kevin Mattson
Chapter Four
Progressive Politics and the Rise of the Modern Right, by John M. Thompson

Part Two: Progressive Politics Today
Chapter Five
Progressivism and Government: Building the Case for a Dignified and Decent Life for All, by Jeff Madrick
Chapter Six
Rebuilding Financial Reform after the 2008 Crisis, by Mike Konczal
Chapter Seven
Reopening the American Political System, by Mark Schmitt
Chapter Eight
Insecurity, Austerity, and the American Social Contract, by Jacob Hacker
Chapter Nine
Labor, Race, Gender, and Poverty in America, by Dorian Warren
Chapter Ten
Crafting A Progressive Foreign Policy in Today's World, by Rosa Brooks
Chapter Eleven
The Progressive Tradition and the Problem of Global Warming, by Mark Lytle
Chapter Twelve
Bringing Human Rights and Women's Rights Home: From the Roosevelt Era to the Present, by Ellen Chesler

Part Three: Critiques
Chapter Thirteen
Barack Obama: Progressive? by Jonathan Alter
Chapter Fourteen
Really Existing Progressivism: Its Strengths and Weaknesses in America, by Christopher Caldwell

Part Four: The Future of Progressive Politics
Chapter Fifteen
A Progressive Agenda for the Twenty-first Century, by Joe Stiglitz
Chapter Sixteen
The Way Forward: Progressive Problems, Progressive Hopes, by E. J. Dionne Jr. and Elizabeth Thom