Informationen zum Autor David H. Kamens is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Northern Illinois University. Klappentext "Kamens provides a sweeping analysis of the U.S. polity, paying special attention to its distinctive development from the 1930s and the distinctive predicament it is in todayÉmasterfully crafted and urgently needed at this moment of harrowing political crisis."--David John Frank, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine.a, Irvine. Zusammenfassung "Kamens provides a sweeping analysis of the U.S. polity! paying special attention to its distinctive development from the 1930s and the distinctive predicament it is in todayEmasterfully crafted and urgently needed at this moment of harrowing political crisis."--David John Frank! Professor of Sociology! University of California! Irvine.a! Irvine. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. The United States in Comparative Perspective 3. The Embedded State 4. The Collectivist Moment 5. The Liberal Activist Society 6. The Intensification of Individualism and the Displacement of Citizenship 7. The Growth of Big Government and the Conservative Counterattack 8. The Breakup of the Postwar Order 9. The Intensification of Populism and the Declining Legitimacy of Elites 10. From Consensus to Culture Wars 11. Conclusion

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David H. Kamens is Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Northern Illinois University.

Klappentext

"Kamens provides a sweeping analysis of the U.S. polity, paying special attention to its distinctive development from the 1930s and the distinctive predicament it is in todayÉmasterfully crafted and urgently needed at this moment of harrowing political crisis."--David John Frank, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine.a, Irvine.

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1. Introduction
2. The United States in Comparative Perspective
3. The Embedded State
4. The Collectivist Moment
5. The Liberal Activist Society
6. The Intensification of Individualism and the Displacement of Citizenship
7. The Growth of Big Government and the Conservative Counterattack
8. The Breakup of the Postwar Order
9. The Intensification of Populism and the Declining Legitimacy of Elites
10. From Consensus to Culture Wars
11. Conclusion