Uniting America : restoring the vital center to American democracy /
In "Uniting America, some of the country's most prominent social thinkers--among them Francis Fukuyama, Daniel Yankelovich, Amitai Etzioni, Alan Wolfe, Uwe Reinhardt, and Thomas E. Mann--reject the myth of polarization. On topics ranging from the war on terrorism, health care, economic pol...
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2005], ©2005
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Overcoming polarization / Daniel Yankelovich
- Fighting the war on terrorism / Francis Fukuyama
- Nurturing economic growth and American values / Norton Garfinkle
- Reforming social security and medicare for the twenty-first century / Will Marshall
- The ethics of America's health care debate / Tsung-Mei Cheng and Uwe E. Reinhardt
- Religion as unifier and divider / Alan Wolfe
- The fair society / Amitai Etzioni
- Constitutional responsibility in the war on terrorism / Michael Vatis
- Diversity, community, and government / Peter H. Schuck
- Immigration and social disorder / Peter Skerry
- Character education and the challenge of raising a moral generation / Chester E. Finn, Jr
- Citizenship, civic unity, and national service / William A. Galston
- Toward a sustainable environmentalism / Mark Sagoff
- Is reform of America's electoral system possible? / Thomas E. Mann
- Introduction
- Overcoming polarization / Daniel Yankelovich
- Nurturing economic growth and the values of American democracy / Norton Garfinkle
- Social security and medicare reform for the twenty-first century / Will Marshall
- The ethics of America's health care debate / Tsung-Mei Cheng and Uwe E. Reinhardt
- Religion as unifier and divider / Alan Wolfe
- Diversity, community, and government / Peter H. Schuck
- Immigration and social disorder / Peter Skerry
- Fighting the War on Terrorism / Francis Fukuyama
- Constitutional responsibility in the war on terrorism / Michael Vatis
- Character education and the challenge of raising a moral generation / Chester E. Finn, Jr
- Citizenship, civic unity, and national service / William A. Galston
- The fair society / Amitai Etzioni
- Toward a sustainable environmentalism / Mark Sagoff
- Is reform of America's electoral system possible? / Thomas E. Mann
- Introduction
- Overcoming polarization / Daniel Yankelovich
- Nurturing economic growth and the values of American democracy / Norton Garfinkle
- Social security and medicare reform for the twenty-first century / Will Marshall
- The ethics of America's health care debate / Tsung-Mei Cheng and Uwe E. Reinhardt
- Religion as unifier and divider / Alan Wolfe
- Diversity, community, and government / Peter H. Schuck
- Immigration and social disorder / Peter Skerry
- Fighting the War on Terrorism / Francis Fukuyama
- Constitutional responsibility in the war on terrorism / Michael Vatis
- Character education and the challenge of raising a moral generation / Chester E. Finn, Jr
- Citizenship, civic unity, and national service / William A. Galston
- The fair society / Amitai Etzioni
- Toward a sustainable environmentalism / Mark Sagoff
- Is reform of America's electoral system possible? / Thomas E. Mann
- Introduction
- Overcoming polarization : the new social morality / Daniel Yankelovich
- Nurturing economic growth and the values of American democracy / Norton Garfinkle
- Social security and medicare reform for the twenty-first century / Will Marshall
- The ethics of America's health care debate / Tsung-Mei Cheng and Uwe E. Reinhardt
- Religion as unifier and divider / Alan Wolfe
- Diversity, community, and government / Peter H. Schuck
- Immigration and social disorder / Peter Skerry
- Fighting the War on Terrorism / Francis Fukuyama
- Constitutional responsibility in the war on terrorism / Michael Vatis
- Character education and the challenge of raising a moral generation / Chester E. Finn, Jr
- Citizenship, civic unity, and national service / William A. Galston
- The fair society / Amitai Etzioni
- Toward a sustainable environmentalism / Mark Sagoff
- Is reform of America's electoral system possible? / Thomas E. Mann
- Conclusion : the impact of fateful trends
- Overcoming polarization / Daniel Yankelovich
- Nurturing economic growth and the values of American democracy / Norton Garfinkle
- Social security and medicare reform for the twenty-first century / Will Marshall
- The ethics of America's health care debate / Tsung-Mei Cheng and Uwe E. Reinhardt
- Religion as unifier and divider / Alan Wolfe
- Diversity, community, and government / Peter H. Schuck
- Immigration and social disorder / Peter Skerry
- Fighting the war on terrorism / Francis Fukuyama
- Constitutional responsibility in the war on terrorism / Michael Vatis
- Character education and the challenge of raising a moral generation / Chester E. Finn, Jr
- Citizenship, civic unity, and national service / William A. Galston
- The fair society / Amitai Etzioni
- Toward a sustainable environmentalism / Mark Sagoff
- Is reform of America's electoral system possible? / Thomas E. Mann
- 1 Overcoming polarization : the new social morality / Daniel Yankelovich
- 2. Nurturing economic growth and the values of American democracy / Norton Garfinkle
- 3. Social Security and Medicare reform for the twenty-first century / Will Marshall
- 4. The ethics of America's health care debate / Tsung-mei Cheng and Uwe E. Reinhardt
- 5. Religion as unifier and divider / Alan Wolfe
- 6. Diversity, community, and government / Peter H. Schuck
- 7. Immigration and social disorder / Peter Skerry
- 8. Fighting the war on terrorism / Francis Fukuyama
- 9. Constitutional responsibility in the war on terrorism / Michael Vatis
- 10. Character education and the challenge of raising a moral generation / Chester E. Finn, Jr.
- 11. Citizenship, civic unity, and national service / William A. Galston
- 12. The fair society / Amitai Etzioni
- 13. Toward a sustainable environmentalism / Mark Sagoff
- 14. Is reform of America's electoral system possible? / Thomas E. Mann
- Conclusion : the impact of fateful trends.