It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good

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Open Road Media, Apr 8, 2014 - Political Science - 475 pages
 Rick Santorum made his name in the 2012 presidential race with his principled conservatism. To understand Santorum’s worldview and vision for America, there is no better source than his New York Times bestselling book, It Takes a Family.

It Takes a Family is one of the most profound and comprehensive books of political thought ever written by a politician. Santorum offers a penetrating look at the social, political, and economic shifts that have hurt American families—and a principled, genuinely conservative plan for reversing this slide.

Here Santorum explains his core beliefs, laying out a humane vision that he believes must inform public policy if it is to be effective and just. Politicians of both parties, he shows, fail to address the way Americans truly live their lives: in families, neighborhoods, churches, and communities. It Takes a Family is animated by an appreciation for the civic bonds that unite a community—an appreciation that lies at the heart of genuine conservatism.


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Abundant Families in the Land of Plenty
Economic Responsibility
Work and Human Dignity
Wealth and Ownership
The Power of Knowledge
FaithBased Transformations
Smart Reinvesting
Wealth and Race

Habits of Association
Trust and Civic Connection
Subsidiarity vs Central Control
Changing Lives Building Families
Parents and Children
Religion and Social Capital
Where Social Capital Is Weakest
THE ROOTS OF PROSPERITY
MORAL ECOLOGY
Liberty and Virtue
Moral Capital and the Moral Environment
The Rule of Judges
A Personal Aside
The Impact of Partial Birth Abortion
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Rick Santorum, a former presidential candidate, served in the United States Senate from 1995 to 2007. He was twice elected as the Republican conference chairman, the party’s third-ranking Senate leadership position. He and his wife, Karen, are the parents of seven children.

 

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