Annotated Bibliography Essay, Research Paper

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Alan Brinkley. ‘Liberty,Community and The National Idea’

Alan Brinkley is a professor of American history at Columbia University and the author

of the The End of the Reform. This article is from The American Prospect Online which is a

liberal newspaper. As long as it is a daily newspaper you don’t have to be an expert to

understand the article. He talks about American liberalism, the argument between the

communitarians and liberals, the individualist strain, community and nation, and the limits of

communitarianism. He uses sources very much sometimes showing the lacking points in

them and sometimes to prove his opinions. His sentences are long and the words he use are

not so sofisticated. This article is useful for my paper in understanding what

communitarianism is what should be its limits.

Sen. John F. Kennedy, acceptance of the New York Liberal Party Nomination

John Kennedy who was an American President tells what liberalism is and tries to make

the definiton of the word ‘liberal’ clear. After that definition he says he’s proud to be a liberal

in that sense. He talks about their roots of liberalism and their goals for the country with the

help of liberalism. As he was a president reader should not be an expert to understand it. He

uses other people’s words like the words of Winston Churchill. This is not a detailed work

and sentences are very clear. It helped me to understand the word liberalism better in order to

use for my paper.

Walter Williams. ‘ Nations Must Shift To Sensible Liberalism’

Walter Williams is a professor in University of Washington’s Daniel J. Evans School

of Public Affairs and author of ‘ Honest Numbers and Democracy ‘. This article is from

Seattle Times which is again a liberal newspaper. The writer gives reasons about why nations

must shift to sensible liberalism. He explains who realistic and sensible liberals are. He

agrees that considerable state intervention is required and gives reasons why it’s like that. He

also talks about left liberalists. You shouldn’t be an expert to read it. Ideas and sentences are

very clear; words aren’t sophisticated. He uses other professors’ books as his sources. Topics

are explained in detail. This article was useful for my paper because it talks about the kind of

liberalism I believe and that’s also what left liberals believe, in that sense it became easier for

me to prove my opininos.

Harold Meyerson. ‘ Why Liberalism Fled The City…’

Harold Meyerson is executive editor of L.A Weekly and a member of Dissent editorial

board. This article is from the American Prospect Online which is a liberal newspaper. He

explains the political decay of American liberalism by giving city examples. He gives reasons

about why liberal politics collapsed in great cities. He also talks about individual and

community, the urban liberal prospect, and the new order and its discontents. This is a very

detailed article wtih lots of datas, sentences are long and complicated. It gives a lot of

information about mayor elections in USA with lots of statistics. One should have an

idea of USA in order to understand the article clearly. The part that talks about ‘the

individual and communtiy’ helped me to understand the relationship between them better.

Encyclopaedia Britannica. ‘Liberalism’

This is taken from an encyclopedia and really makes a person to understand what

liberalism is. It gives the definiton of liberalism and then explains the historical background

of liberalism, liberal conflicts of interest, liberal formula, contemporary liberalism, the liberal

program, the future of liberalism and the changing nature of liberalism. It’s very detailed but

every reader can understand it. All the topics necessary for understanding an ideology is

included. It’s also very well organized. We can find a lot of examples, datas and statistics.

It helped me to understand the term ‘liberalism’ better but not only the term. It was useful for

my source because it talks about the future and changing nature of liberalism.