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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... civic institutions in the name of " political correctness " have transformed her social fabric in ways that now threaten her demise — lead- ing many analysts and citizens to query : Can anyone survey the extent of the ongoing cultural ...
... civic institutions in the name of " political correctness " have transformed her social fabric in ways that now threaten her demise — lead- ing many analysts and citizens to query : Can anyone survey the extent of the ongoing cultural ...
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... civic alienation , producing • mounting complexity and cost of governance . Alternately put , those polities that are in the dying process are usually first plagued with cultural dissonance bred of diversity , leading to increas- ing ...
... civic alienation , producing • mounting complexity and cost of governance . Alternately put , those polities that are in the dying process are usually first plagued with cultural dissonance bred of diversity , leading to increas- ing ...
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... civic foundations are weakened , education is undermined , and longstanding tra- ditions are abandoned . It is at this stage , then , that , because of the evolving complexities of ad- ministration needed to manage the resulting chaos ...
... civic foundations are weakened , education is undermined , and longstanding tra- ditions are abandoned . It is at this stage , then , that , because of the evolving complexities of ad- ministration needed to manage the resulting chaos ...
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... civic alienation , and attendant mounting administrative complexity , and their associated bureaucratic transaction costs — are striking.9 Accordingly , she has become a nation foundering on the quicksand of her erstwhile faith and ...
... civic alienation , and attendant mounting administrative complexity , and their associated bureaucratic transaction costs — are striking.9 Accordingly , she has become a nation foundering on the quicksand of her erstwhile faith and ...
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... civic , and economic — now advanced in the guise of " diversity " and " political correctness . " This inquiry is , in essence , not only an exploration of the process by which great civilizations deteriorate and die , but concurrently ...
... civic , and economic — now advanced in the guise of " diversity " and " political correctness . " This inquiry is , in essence , not only an exploration of the process by which great civilizations deteriorate and die , but concurrently ...
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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