Uniting America
Restoring the Vital Center to American Democracy
- 304 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
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 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.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part One. Restoring the Vital Center
- 1. Overcoming Polarization: The New Social Morality
- 2. Nurturing Economic Growth and the Values of American Democracy
- Part Two. Reforming Social Security and Health Care
- 3. Social Security and Medicare Reform for the Twenty-First Century
- 4. The Ethics of America’s Health Care Debate
- Part Three. Diversity and Unity
- 5. Religion as Unifier and Divider
- 6. Diversity, Community, and Government
- 7. Immigration and Social Disorder
- Part Four. Security and Liberty
- 8. Fighting the War on Terrorism
- 9. Constitutional Responsibility in the War on Terrorism
- Part Five. Character, Citizenship, and Values
- 10. Character Education and the Challenge of Raising a Moral Generation
- 11. Citizenship, Civic Unity, and National Service
- 12. The Fair Society
- Part Six. Environmental and Electoral Reform
- 13. Toward a Sustainable Environmentalism
- 14. Is Reform of America’s Electoral System Possible?
- Conclusion: The Impact of Fateful Trends
- Contributors
- Index