The Eclipse of the American Century: An Agenda for RenewalRowman & Littlefield, 2008 - 347 Seiten "Amid a 2008 presidential campaign calling for dramatic, often ill-defined "change" - arguing that Americans are clinging to their historic, constitutionally guaranteed rights to bear arms and enjoy religious freedom out of sheer "bitterness" - this analysis compellingly contends that America's social and economic problems stem from too much change already. It maintains that the radical counterculture revolution that set in across college campuses in the 1960s, which has now spilled over into society at large, set the nation on a course of decline paralleling that of ancient Rome." "Drawing heavily upon the vision of the Founding Fathers, it reveals how the ongoing attack on the nation's traditional values has produced cultural and civic alienation and an attendant loss of work ethic - creating a dangerous bureaucratic overstretch whose social welfare costs are now threatening the nation's socioeconmic future."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... analysis reveals , those societies that have disintegrated from within , absent invasion or other force majeure , have generally imploded in a three - stage process incorporating • deteriorating cultural values , resulting in ...
... analysis reveals , those societies that have disintegrated from within , absent invasion or other force majeure , have generally imploded in a three - stage process incorporating • deteriorating cultural values , resulting in ...
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... analysis explores the socioeconomic context wherein the " politically correct " radical counterculture that has been metastasizing throughout America over the past half century and the " politics of victim- ization " that has attended ...
... analysis explores the socioeconomic context wherein the " politically correct " radical counterculture that has been metastasizing throughout America over the past half century and the " politics of victim- ization " that has attended ...
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... analysis , it is a leftist political ideology that sees all cultures , their mores and their institu- tions , as essentially equal . No culture is considered superior or inferior to any other ; it is merely different . Criticism of ...
... analysis , it is a leftist political ideology that sees all cultures , their mores and their institu- tions , as essentially equal . No culture is considered superior or inferior to any other ; it is merely different . Criticism of ...
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... analysis concludes with an agenda redressing those ongoing assaults on the America's traditional values — civil , civic , and economic — now advanced in the guise of " diversity " and " political correctness . " This inquiry is , in ...
... analysis concludes with an agenda redressing those ongoing assaults on the America's traditional values — civil , civic , and economic — now advanced in the guise of " diversity " and " political correctness . " This inquiry is , in ...
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... analysis that follows is a detailed documentary of the decline of America as an admired moral and economic exemplar through the loss of cherished values that once em- powered her to become the mightiest and most emulated nation on earth ...
... analysis that follows is a detailed documentary of the decline of America as an admired moral and economic exemplar through the loss of cherished values that once em- powered her to become the mightiest and most emulated nation on earth ...
Inhalt
Historic Causes of Collapse | 3 |
Contemporary Causes of Collapse | 29 |
DECLINING CULTURAL VALUES | 59 |
The Excesses of Education | 61 |
The Manipulation of the Media | 101 |
The Crisis of Citizenship | 133 |
MOUNTING COMPLEXITY AND COST | 167 |
The Burdens of Bureaucracy | 169 |
The Implosion of Ideology | 227 |
RECIPE FOR RENEWAL | 243 |
Pursuing Prudent Public Policy | 245 |
Curbing Complexitys Compliance Costs | 269 |
Endnotes | 287 |
Bibliography | 315 |
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