Byron E. Shafer (ed.)

Is America Different?

A New Look at American Exceptionalism
Herausgeber: Shafer, Byron E

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The other contributors are: Daniel Bell, Peter Temin, Andrew M. Greeley, Aaron Wildavsky, Martin Trow, and Richard Rose.

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In Is America Different? major scholars from the realms of history, politics, economics, and sociology return to the question in the light of changes in the last thirty years and debate an answer which is appropriate to our time.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780198277347
• ISBN-10: 0198277342
• Artikelnr.: 21787142

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Seymour Martin Lipset: Overview: American exceptionalism
reaffirmed; Daniel Bell: Politics: The 'Hegelian Secret': Civil society and
American exceptionalism; Peter Temin: Economics: 'Free land and federalism:
American economic exceptionalism; Andrew M. Greeley: Religion: American
exceptionalism: The religious phenomenon; Aaron Wildavsky: Culture:
Resolved, that individualism and egalitarianism be made compatible in
America: Political-cultural roots of exceptionalism; Martin Trow:
Education: American Higher Education: 'Exceptional' or just different?;
Richard Rose: Public policy: Is American public policy exceptional?; Byron
E. Shafer: Afterword: What is the Amerian way? Four themes in search of
their next incarnation