Is America breaking apart? /

Americans seem to fear that their society is breaking apart, but how accurate is this portrayal and how justified is the fear? Introducing a balanced viewpoint into this intense debate, John Hall and Charles Lindholm demonstrate that such alarm is unfounded. Here they explore the institutional struc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hall, John A., 1949-
Otros Autores: Lindholm, Charles, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1999.
Temas:
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
1980-2020
Social values > United States.
National characteristics, American.
Sociology > United States.
Valeurs sociales > États-Unis.
Américains.
Sociologie > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Democracy.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Social values.
Sociology.
Gesellschaft
Wertordnung
Desintegratie.
Sociale waarden.
Nationale kenmerken.
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.
United States > Politics and government > Philosophy.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1980-
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1953-1961 > Philosophie.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > Philosophie.
United States.
USA.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The growth of political stability
  • The state and the people
  • The national question
  • The challenge of class
  • The world in America, America in the world
  • Reprise
  • Sociability in America
  • Conceptual baselines
  • Sacred values
  • Anti-politics in America
  • Ambivalence about association
  • Ethnicity as choice, race as destiny
  • Two cheers for homogeneity.

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