America at risk : the crisis of hope, trust, and caring /

In America at Risk: The Crisis of Hope, Trust, and Caring, Robert Perrucci and Carolyn C. Perrucci identify the broad economic and technological changes that have led to the loss of high wage jobs, declining opportunity, and increased income and wealth inequality. These changes have altered the way...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Perrucci, Robert
Otros Autores: Perrucci, Carolyn Cummings
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2009.
Temas:
Since 1980
Social classes > United States.
Classes sociales > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Economic history
Social classes
Social conditions
Gesellschaft
Politik
Wirtschaft
United States > Social conditions > 1980-
United States > Economic conditions > 2001-2009.
États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 2001-2009.
United States
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Diagnosis: How the new economy has eroded hope, trust, and caring
  • Job loss and declining wages
  • The American dream is fading
  • Confidence in institutions
  • Identity, grievance, and trust
  • Work, family, and caring
  • Forgotten Americans: The poor, homeless, aged, and incarcerated
  • Confronting the crisis.

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