William Arthur Galston (/ˈɡɔːlstən/; born January 17, 1946) is an American author, academic, and political advisor,[4] who holds the Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies and is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.[5][6] Formerly the Saul Stern Professor and Dean at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland and a professor of political science at the University of Texas, Austin,[7] Galston specializes in issues of U.S. public philosophy and political institutions, having joined the Brookings Institution on January 1, 2006.[6]
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| Born | William Arthur Galston January 17, 1946 |
| Education | Cornell University (BA) University of Chicago (MA, PhD) |
| Spouse | Miriam Galston |
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Family
editHe is the son of Yale University plant physiologist Arthur Galston.[8]
Career
editHe was deputy assistant for domestic policy to U.S. President Bill Clinton (January 1993 – May 1995).[1][5][7] He has also been employed by the presidential campaigns of Al Gore (1988, 2000),[9][10] Walter Mondale,[10] and John B. Anderson.[11] Since 1995, Galston has served as a founding member of the Board of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and as chair of the Campaign's Task Force on Religion and Public Values.[citation needed]
Galston had once served in the United States Marine Corps as a sergeant.[5] He was educated at Cornell, where he was a member of the Telluride House, and the University of Chicago,[9] where he got his Ph.D.[5][9] He then taught for nearly a decade in the Department of Government at the University of Texas.[5] From 1998 until 2005 he was professor of public policy at the University of Maryland. Later he was executive director for the National Commission on Civic Renewal.[5][7] Galston founded, with support from The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.[5] He was also director of the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy,[5] both located at the University of Maryland.
He has written on questions of political and moral philosophy, U.S. politics and public policy,[5] having produced eight books and more than one hundred articles.[7] His most recent book is Public Matters: Politics, Policy, and Religion in the 21st Century (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005).[5] Galston is also a co-author of Democracy at Risk: How Political Choices Undermine Citizen Participation and What We Can Do About It, published by the Brookings Press.[5]
Galston became an op-ed columnist for the Wall Street Journal in 2013. In 2014, he continued public commentary on partisan politics.[12][13]
Publications
edit- Galston, William A.; Hoffenberg, Peter H., eds. (2010). Poverty and morality : religious and secular perspectives. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521763745. LCCN 2010030599.
- Galston, William A. (William Arthur) (2005). Public matters : essays on politics, policy and religion. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 0742549798. LCCN 2005008940.
- Galston, William A. (William Arthur) (2005). The practice of liberal pluralism. Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521840341. LCCN 2004046567.
- Galston, William A. (William Arthur) (2002). Liberal pluralism : the implications of value pluralism for political theory and practice. Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521813042. LCCN 2001043917.
- Galston, William A. (William Arthur) (1995). Rural development in the United States : connecting theory, practice, and possibilities. Karen J. Baehler. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. ISBN 1559633263. LCCN 94041685.
- Chapman, John W.; Galston, William A., eds. (1992). Virtue. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 0814714846. LCCN 92017749.
- Galston, William A. (William Arthur) (1991). Liberal purposes : goods, virtues, and diversity in the liberal state. Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521410363. LCCN 90025355.
- Rovner, Mark J.; Galston, William A. (1987). One year to go : citizen attitudes in Iowa and New Hampshire : a report on focus groups conducted by the Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies. Washington, D.C.: The Center. ISBN 0913217093. LCCN 87060758.
- Rovner, Mark J.; Galston, William A. (1987). Southern voices/southern views : a report on focus groups conducted by the Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies. Washington, DC: The Center. LCCN 87072197.
- Obert, John C.; Galston, William A. (1985). Down-- down-- down-- on the farm : the farm financial crisis, a background paper. Washington, D.C.: Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies. ISBN 0913217034. LCCN 85060998.
- Galston, William A. (William Arthur) (1985). A tough row to hoe : the 1985 Farm Bill and beyond. Lanham, MD: Hamilton Press ; Washington, D.C. : Roosevelt Center for American Policy Studies. ISBN 0819148040. LCCN 85013978.
- Galston, William A. (William Arthur) (1980). Justice and the human good. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226279634. LCCN 79025945.
- Galston, William A. (William Arthur) (1975). Kant and the problem of history. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226280446. LCCN 74011620.
- Galston, William A. (William Arthur) (1973). Kant and the problem of history [microform]. ISBN 0226280446. LCCN 89893118.
References
edit- ^ a b Beem, Christopher (January 1, 2002). "William Galston". In Utter, Glenn H.; Lockhart, Charles (eds.). American Political Scientists: A Dictionary. ABC-CLIO. p. 125. ISBN 9780313319570. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
- ^ Warshaw, Shirley Anne (2004). "William A. Galston". Presidential Profiles: The Clinton Years. Infobase Publishing. p. 129. ISBN 0-8160-5333-2. LCCN 2004040351. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
- ^ "Dr. William A. Galston". National Endowment for Democracy. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
- ^ "Galston, William A. 1946- (William Arthur) [WorldCat Identities]". Retrieved 2014-02-09.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "William Galston". Center for International Media Assistance. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
- ^ a b "William Galston". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ^ a b c d "William A. Galston". Brookings. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ^ Chou, Cecelia. Arthur William Galston (1920–2008) The Embryo Project Encyclopedia. published 2017-04-27.
- ^ a b c "William A. Galston". Brookings. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ^ a b "William Galston". Retrieved 2013-06-14.
- ^ "William Galston Oral History, Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy". 27 October 2016. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
- ^ Balz, Dan; Rucker, Philip (February 16, 2016). "Democrats' next leaders will grapple with schism". Washington Post. p. A17.
William A. Galston of the Brookings Institution said, "It's not just a case of the very rich getting richer. If that were the only thing going on I think we'd be having a very different conversation. It's also a case of the people in the middle at best treading water and in fact doing a little bit worse than that."
- ^ "William A.Galston - News, Articles, Biography, Photos". WSJ.com. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2014-02-16.