Uniting America restoring the vital center to American democracy / [electronic resource] :
edited by Norton Garfinkle and Daniel Yankelovich.
- Yale University Press, c2005.
- 1 online resource (viii, 287 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
In Uniting America, some of America's most prominent social thinkers - among them Francis Fukuyama, Daniel Yankelovich, Amital Etzioni, Alan Wolfe, Uwe Reinhardt and Thomas E. Mann - reject the myth of polarisation. On topics ranging from the war on terrorism, health care, economic policy and Social Security, to religion, diversity and immigration, the authors argue that there are sensible, centrist solutions that are more in keeping with prevailing public sentiment and that would better serve the national interest. On issue after issue, the authors show how the conventional framing of the debate in Washington has misled Americans, creating a series of false dilemmas and forcing choices between two extremes - at the expense of more balanced and pragmatic policy solutions based on enduring American values. Uniting America provides a blueprint for a fresh approach to American politics, grounded in moderation, pragmatism and the shared values that unite Americans.
Democracy--United States. Political culture--United States. Social conflict--United States. Polarization (Social sciences) Démocratie--États-Unis. Culture politique--États-Unis. Conflits sociaux--États-Unis. Polarisation collective. POLITICAL SCIENCE--Government--National. Electronic books.
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