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Democracy's troubles : twelve threats to the American ideal and how we can overcome them /
Evidence is accumulating that democracy is under siege--in the United States and around the world. This volume identifies and explains a dozen separate challenges threatening American democracy today. Sorting these challenges into political and social-cultural problems, each is placed in an historic...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
[2020]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Democracy and the Challenges Confronting It
- 1. Democracy, Education and Journalism in American History
- 2. Social/Cultural Challenges to Democracy
- Challenge 1-Education in Need of Renewal
- Challenge 2-Journalism in Free Fall
- Challenge 3-The Shifting World of Ideas
- Challenge 4-Fake News, Alternative Facts and the Assault on Truth
- Challenge 5-Declining Faith in Institutions and Leaders
- Challenge 6-The Need to Revitalize Character and Community
- 3. Political Challenges to Democracy
- Challenge 7-Voters in a Funk
- Challenge 8-Polarized Politics
- Challenge 9-Congress Throws out the Textbook
- Challenge 10-The Rise of the New Imperial Presidency
- Challenge 11-Disappearing Norms and General Dysfunction in Politics
- Challenge 12-The Natural Fragility of Democracy
- 4. A Program for Renewal
- Epilogue
- Suggestions for Further Reading
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index