The Color of Freedom: Race and Contemporary American Liberalism

Using liberal political theory to explore the politics of race in the United States. Cochran develops an argument about how contemporary liberalism understands race, what is inadequate about this understanding, and how it can develop a better one. Sitting at the intersection of theory and practice, this book offers an impressive example of how the two must inform each other, especially when it comes to opening up new ways of thinking about old and frustrating problems like that of race in American life.

David Carroll Cochran is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Loras College.