Social Fragmentation and the Decline of American Democracy
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Social Fragmentation and the Decline of American Democracy

The End of the Social Contract

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Social Fragmentation and the Decline of American Democracy

The End of the Social Contract

About this book

This book explores the social and political implications of what the authors identify as the decline of the social contract in America and the rise of a citizenry that has become self-centered, entitled, and independent. For nearly two decades, America has been in a "cultural war" over moral values and social issues, becoming a divided nation geographically, politically, socially, and morally. We are witnessing the decline of American Democracy, the authors argue, resulting from the erosion of the idea of the social contract. Especially since the "baby boomers, " each successive generation has emphasized personal license to the exclusion of service, social integration, and the common good. With the social contact, the larger general will becomes the means of establishing reciprocal rights and duties, privileges, and responsibilities as a basis of the state. The balkanization of America has changed the role of government from one of oversight to one of dependency, where individual freedom and responsibility are sacrificed for group equality. This book examines the conditions of this social fragmentation, and offers ideas of an American Renaissance predicated on communicative idealism.

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Yes, you can access Social Fragmentation and the Decline of American Democracy by Robert E. Denton, Jr.,Benjamin Voth in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politique et relations internationales & Histoire et théorie politique. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Contents
  3. Chapter 1: A Divided and Selfish Nation: A United States of America No More
  4. Chapter 2: Democracy and the “Social Contract”: Prescription for Freedom and Equality
  5. Chapter 3: Generational Change and Social Values
  6. Chapter 4: The Postmodern Culture and Political Implications
  7. Chapter 5: The Epistemological Poisoning of America
  8. Chapter 6: De-mock-racy: Comic Framing as Political Wrecking Ball
  9. Chapter 7: Making Black Lives Matter Today
  10. Chapter 8: What Can We Do? An American Renaissance Predicated on Communicative Idealism
  11. Chapter 9: The Practice of Politics Today and the Greater Tomorrow
  12. Bibliography
  13. Index