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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... present and succeed in her quest for a secure , more buoyant future . The progression of cultural decline thus is an incremental process . Best described as the " Durkheim constant , " as defined by French sociologist Emile Durkheim ...
... present and succeed in her quest for a secure , more buoyant future . The progression of cultural decline thus is an incremental process . Best described as the " Durkheim constant , " as defined by French sociologist Emile Durkheim ...
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... present course cannot prevail if the twenty - first century is to again be " the American Century . " Profound midcourse correction is in- voked . To this end , inquiry focuses upon those incipient processes of decay that are corroding ...
... present course cannot prevail if the twenty - first century is to again be " the American Century . " Profound midcourse correction is in- voked . To this end , inquiry focuses upon those incipient processes of decay that are corroding ...
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... present consensus , the desire to live together , the will to continue to value the her- itage that has been received undivided . " 20 Neither aspiration is accommo- dated by multiculturalist cant . In the nineteenth century , Georges ...
... present consensus , the desire to live together , the will to continue to value the her- itage that has been received undivided . " 20 Neither aspiration is accommo- dated by multiculturalist cant . In the nineteenth century , Georges ...
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... present reign of ideologi- cal terror through a regimen of censorship and ideological intimidation that has now spread beyond the campus confines to corrupt the American values system at large . It is concurrently a litany of how self ...
... present reign of ideologi- cal terror through a regimen of censorship and ideological intimidation that has now spread beyond the campus confines to corrupt the American values system at large . It is concurrently a litany of how self ...
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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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About the Author | |
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