How does Coates explain the weakness of the Democratic Party with respect to social movements and class?
How does Coates explain the weakness of the Democratic Party with respect to social movements and class?
ESSAY QUESTIONS Do Questions 1 and 2 Minimum 4 pages
- In the character factory conversation between Brooks and Coates disagree on the causes of poverty. How does Brooks position having to do with character reflect a conservative position and their policy recommendations? What does Coates think Is missing in Brooks position?
- In the “Invisibility of Classs…..” Coates argue Republicans and Democrats views differ issues of poverty and income inequality.
- Coates goes on to explain why Republicans are in denial when it comes to “class”. They include conceptual, policy and political reasons. Explain
- How does Coates explain the weakness of the Democratic Party with respect to social movements and class?
- What is the long-term consequence Coates is concerned about with respect to the emphasis on social movements without a parallel economic linkage?
- How does the picture and the quote below reflect Coates point in section III regarding the agenda for Democratic party in this election cycle?
Dr. King called the American Dream “a dream yet unfulfilled.
”He saw the American Dream as “a dream of equality of opportunity, of privilege and property widely distributed; a dream of a land where men will not take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few; a dream of a land where men will not argue that the color of a man’s skin determines the content of his character; a dream of a nation where all our gifts and resources are held not for ourselves alone, but as instruments of service for the rest of humanity. ” March on Washington August 1963
Character Factory David Brooks and Response David Coates(1) Invisibility of Class and the Hegemony of Conservative Ideas perspective questions coates
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