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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Hubert H. Humphrey Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)
  • 2004 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

William A. Galston is affiliated with the Brookings Institution in the United States, where their work focuses on political science and related fields.

Galston has published multiple papers in recognized academic journals. Notable publications include:

  • The Enduring Vulnerability of Liberal Democracy, 2020, Journal of democracy
  • APSA Presidential Task Force Report on New Partnerships, 2020, PS Political Science & Politics
  • Eric MacGilvray: Liberal Freedom: Pluralism, Polarization, and Politics. (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Pp. xvi, 221.), 2023, The Review of Politics
  • The Limits of Liberalism, 2024, Journal of democracy

Frequent co-authors identified in Galston's work include:

  • Rogers M. Smith
  • Amy Cabrera Rasmussen
  • Hahrie Han
  • Tyson King-Meadows
  • Jennet Kirkpatrick

Galston's work appears regularly in several academic venues, including:

  • Journal of democracy
  • PS Political Science & Politics
  • The Review of Politics

Their book publications include works published by Yale University Press, notably Anger, Fear, Domination, which was published in 2025.

Awards received by Galston include the Hubert H. Humphrey Award from the American Political Science Association (APSA) in 2006 and election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Political Knowledge, Political Engagement, and Civic Education

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  • Liberal Pluralism: The Implications of Value Pluralism for Political Theory and Practice

    William A. Galston

  • Liberal Purposes

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  • Two concepts of liberalism

    William A. Galston

  • Realism in political theory

    William A Galston

  • Civic Education and Political Participation

    William A. Galston

  • Liberal purposes: Liberalism and the neutral state

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  • Civic Education and Political Participation

    William A. Galston

  • Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community

    William A. Galston

  • The Populist Challenge to Liberal Democracy

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  • Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy

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  • Civic Knowledge, Civic Education, and Civic Engagement: A Summary of Recent Research

    William A. Galston

  • Anti-Pluralism: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy

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  • The practice of liberal pluralism

    William A. Galston

  • Liberal Pluralism: Two Concepts of Liberalism

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  • Justice and the human good

    William A. Galston

  • Liberal Pluralism: Frontmatter

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  • Value Pluralism and Liberal Political Theory

    William A. Galston

  • Does the Internet Strengthen Community

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  • America's Civic Condition: A Glance at the Evidence

    William A. Galston;Peter Levine

  • CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE LIBERAL STATE

    William Galston

  • On the Alleged Right to Do Wrong: A Response to Waldron

    William A. Galston

  • The Practice of Liberal Pluralism: The Public and Its Problems

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  • Liberal Pluralism: A Reply to Talisse

    William Galston

  • Social Justice in the Liberal State

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  • Toughness as a Political Virtue

    William Galston

  • Political Feasibility: Interests and Power

    William A. Galston

  • Pluralist constitutionalism: William A. Galston

    William A. Galston

  • Rural development in the United States

    William Galston

  • Signs of progress: The debate over civic education

    William A. Galston

  • Poverty and Morality: Religious and Secular Perspectives

    William A. Galston;Peter H. Hoffenberg

  • Reason, consent, and the U.S. constitution: Bruce Ackerman's We the People

    Miriam Galston;William A. Galston

  • The Future of the Democratic Party

    William A. Galston

  • Church, State, and Education

    William Galston

  • Civic Literacy: How Informed Citizens Make Democracy Work

    William A. Galston

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry M. Bartels
Larry M. Bartels Vanderbilt University
Benjamin Radcliff
Benjamin Radcliff University of Notre Dame
Jennifer L. Hochschild
Jennifer L. Hochschild Harvard University
Henry E. Brady
Henry E. Brady University of California, Berkeley
Rogers M. Smith
Rogers M. Smith University of Pennsylvania
Jack Snyder
Jack Snyder Columbia University

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