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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... values at the hands of counterculturalists , she is again called upon to rally her resolve and resources . The course will not be easy . For as Albert Ein- stein cogently asserted , " The problems that exist in the world today cannot be ...
... values at the hands of counterculturalists , she is again called upon to rally her resolve and resources . The course will not be easy . For as Albert Ein- stein cogently asserted , " The problems that exist in the world today cannot be ...
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... Values 3 The Excesses of Education ix xi 1 3 29 59 61 4 The Manipulation of the Media 101 5 The Crisis of Citizenship 133 Part III : Mounting Complexity and Cost 167 6 The Burdens of Bureaucracy 169 7 The Tyranny of Taxation 199 8 The ...
... Values 3 The Excesses of Education ix xi 1 3 29 59 61 4 The Manipulation of the Media 101 5 The Crisis of Citizenship 133 Part III : Mounting Complexity and Cost 167 6 The Burdens of Bureaucracy 169 7 The Tyranny of Taxation 199 8 The ...
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... values is invoked . For civilizations die when the socioeconomic infrastructures — the values sys- tems , civic allegiances , and financial frameworks that support them — are , over time , destroyed . Civilizational death is an ...
... values is invoked . For civilizations die when the socioeconomic infrastructures — the values sys- tems , civic allegiances , and financial frameworks that support them — are , over time , destroyed . Civilizational death is an ...
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... values , she aspires to the mantle of global leadership . But how long can she hold on ? Today , she is a nation at peril . At a time when her hard - won status of global preeminence is threatened , the issues at stake , as political ...
... values , she aspires to the mantle of global leadership . But how long can she hold on ? Today , she is a nation at peril . At a time when her hard - won status of global preeminence is threatened , the issues at stake , as political ...
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... values become ever more corrupted by the rise of counterculturalism , as her civic values are diminished through unassimilated immigration and a concomitant decline in patriotism , and as her social welfare burden grows accordingly as a ...
... values become ever more corrupted by the rise of counterculturalism , as her civic values are diminished through unassimilated immigration and a concomitant decline in patriotism , and as her social welfare burden grows accordingly as a ...
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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