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Public Space

Pleasures & Costs of Urbanity

by Michael Walzer

Dissent, Fall 1986, pp. 470-475

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    1. Black Politics in South Africa by Joseph Schwartz, pp. 5-13
    2. Nicaragua, Civil Liberties & U.S. Policy by David Bromwich, p. 14
    3. The Sacking of Sydney Schanberg by Jim Sleeper, p. 15
    4. An Enduring Republican Majority? by Thomas B. Edsall, pp. 16-18
    5. Willful Shortsightedness on Poverty by Michael Harrington, p. 19
    6. KOR: Ethics of a Movement by Jan Josef Lipski, pp. 20-23
    7. A Disciple by Primo Levi, pp. 24-26
    8. Shoah by Leon Wieseltier and Abraham Brumberg, pp. 27-32
    9. Unions, Economic Power, and the State by Robert Kuttner, pp. 33-44
    10. War in Tug River Valley by Nicolaus Mills, pp. 45-52
    11. Remembering the Spanish Revolution by Lewis Coser, pp. 53-58
    12. Freud, Male Homosexuality, and the Americans by Henry Abelove, pp. 59-69
    13. Paradoxes of Blackness by Martin Kilson, pp. 70-78
    14. The "Russian Question"-In the 19th Century by Shlomo Avineri, pp. 79-83
    15. The Politics of Patriotism by Gary Gerstle, pp. 84-92
    16. Toward a Brave New Workplace? by Robert Howard, pp. 93-101
    17. Economese by Samuel Hux, pp. 102-103
    18. The Case of the Legless Veteran by Harvey Klehr, pp. 104-105
    19. Anemia in Academe by Israel Kugler, pp. 106-108
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      1. New Deals by Robert B. Reich and John D. Donahue
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      1. Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuscinski
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      1. Lay Bare the Heart by James Farmer
      2. Origins of the Civil Rights Movement by Aldon D. Morris
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      1. Canarsie by Jonathan Rieder
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      1. The American Pope by John Cooney
    26. Letters, pp. 123-130
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    Spring 1986 Issue = 26 Articles
    1. The Role of the Intellectual by Murray Hausknecht, pp. 131-134
    2. The Debt Balloon by Robert Lekachman, pp. 135-136
    3. The Epidemic of Homelessness by Patricia Cayo Sexton, pp. 137-139
    4. Old Story, New Place (Before Marcos Fell) by James B. Rule, pp. 140-141
    5. TEACH: "Reaganizing" the American Schools by Rickie Flanders and Deborah Meier, pp. 142-145
    6. Better NED Than Dead? by Jefferson Morley, pp. 146-148
    7. The Italian CP Debates Its Future by Joanne Barkan, pp. 149-151
    8. Shifts in the Political Alignments by Thomas B. Edsall, pp. 152-155
    9. Toward a Tough-Minded Populism by Gar Alperovitz, pp. 156-160
    10. Nuclear Weapons and Individual Rights by George Kateb, pp. 161-172
    11. Nicaragua by Abraham Brumberg, pp. 173-178
    12. Bread & Roses, Crusts & Thorns by Leon Fink, pp. 179-188
    13. Some Tickets are Better by Julius Lester, pp. 189-192
    14. The Corporate Raiders by Ernest Erber, pp. 193-204
    15. A Holiday Inn of Bourgeois Virtue by Mitchell Cohen, pp. 205-214
    16. A Week in Warsaw by Stanley Engelstein, pp. 215-219
    17. Jacek Kuron on the Present Situation by Lucy Komisar and Jacek Kuron, pp. 220-221
    18. On Crime and the Liberals by James Q. Wilson and Elliott Currie, pp. 222-229
    19. Sexual Warfare as Family Style by Josephine Hendin, pp. 230-233
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      1. Visions of Emancipation by Joanne Barkan
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      2. For a Pluralist Socialism by Michael Rustin
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      1. The Politics of Socialism by John Dunn
    25. Letters, pp. 246-249
    26. Index, pp. 250-258
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    1. Fascists, Hustlers & Dupes by Irving Howe, pp. 261-262
    2. The Sour Fruits of Reaganomics by H. Brand, pp. 263-268
    3. The Decline of Health Care by Brian Morton, pp. 269-270
    4. Ugly Stuff at the Nation by Irving Howe, p. 271
    5. Stranded in Right Field by Sidney Blumenthal, pp. 272-273
    6. What's Terrorism---And What Isn't by Michael Walzer, p. 274
    7. A New Turn at 1199 by Leon Fink, pp. 275-276
    8. A Calmer Mood in Israel by Jonathan Frankel, pp. 277-282
    9. "Privatization" by Marc Baldwin, pp. 283-286
    10. P-9 Fights the Odds by Nicolaus Mills, pp. 287-293
    11. Nicaragua by Abraham Brumberg, pp. 294-303
    12. Beyond Nuclear Deterrence by Denis Healey, pp. 304-311
    13. Long Ago and Far Away by Theodore Draper, pp. 312-319
    14. A Man with Many Names by Hans-Henning Paetzke, pp. 320-326
    15. Forward to Europe by Peter Glotz, pp. 327-339
    16. Aifld's Salvadoran Labor Wars by J. Michael Luhan, pp. 340-350
    17. Can Welfare States Survive in the Global Economy? by John Logue, pp. 351-356
    18. Dealing with the Nuclear Threat by Erazim Kohak, pp. 357-358
    19. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Jean L. Cohen, pp. 359-361
    20. ï¿½---ï¿½ï¿½by Michael J. Sandel, pp. 362-363
    21. Reply by George Kateb, pp. 364-366
    22. "Julia" and Muriel Gardiner by David Garrard Lowe, pp. 367-368
    23. American Psychoanalysts and Homosexuality by Edouard Roditi, pp. 369-370
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      1. Inside the Circle by Mike Parker
    28. Letters, pp. 382-386
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    1. Not Much Reform in "Tax Reform" by Horst Brand, pp. 389-392
    2. Nicaragua by Abraham Brumberg, pp. 393-395
    3. Arms Control by Gordon Adams, pp. 396-397
    4. The UAW at 50 by Patricia Cayo Sexton, pp. 398-400
    5. Hard Times for the Women's Movement by Jan Rosenberg, pp. 401-405
    6. Money (and Politics) in Both Parties by Thomas B. Edsall, pp. 406-408
    7. Why Waldheim Won in Austria by Andrei Markovits and Anson Rabinbach, pp. 409-412
    8. The Spirit of the Times by Irving Howe, pp. 413-425
    9. China at Bloomingdale's and the Met by Debora Silverman, pp. 426-436
    10. Dave the Slasher & Cap the Knife by Bernard Rosenberg, pp. 437-440
    11. The Packaging of America by Ellen Levy, pp. 441-446
    12. Moral Education in the Age of Reagan by David Bromwich, pp. 447-469
    13. Public Space by Michael Walzer, pp. 470-475
    14. Take It to the Streets by Marshall Berman, pp. 476-485
    15. The Fall and Rise of Public Space by Michael Rustin, pp. 486-494
    16. Labor's "Vatican II" by Gus Tyler, pp. 495-504
    17. Intriguing in the Philippines by Philip Bronstein, pp. 505-513
    18. El Salvador Unions-The Real Story by David Jessup and J. Michael Luhan, pp. 514-518
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    24. Letters, pp. 528-530
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