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Author Schneirov, Richard

Title Democracy as a Way of Life in America : a History
Published Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (451 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Graphs; Document Sources and Permissions; Introduction: Democracy as a Way of Life; 1. The Three Waves of American Democracy; Democracy in Politics and Government: America's First Republic; America's Second Republic: The Civil War as a Turning Point; Democracy in the Economy; The Democratization of Culture; 2. Democracy in Culture: American Individualisms; The Rise of the Self-Made Man; The Era of the Social Individual; Expressive Individualism and Libertarian Individualism
3. Democracy in the Economy and WorkplaceProducers' Democracy; Progressive Democracy: The Mix of Capitalism and Socialism; 4. Democracy and US Foreign Policy; From Continental Settler Expansion to Global Market Expansion; America's Open-Door (Post)imperialist Alternative; Democracy and the Cold War; Neoliberalism and the New Wave of Globalization; 5. The Neoliberal Era: Postindustrial Society in a New Gilded Age; Neoliberalism, Postindustrialism, and the Watershed of the 1970s; New Wine in Old Bottles: The Parties in the Second Gilded Age; The Return of Inequality
The Great Recession and Emergence of a New MajorityPostmaterial Democracy; 6. The Democratic Challenge; Democracy Stalled?; Majority Tyranny?; Civil Liberties Under Stress; Democracy and the Mass Media; Is Civil Society in Retreat?; The Prospects for a Democratic Surge; 7. Epilogue, The Environment: Democracy's Fourth Wave; Documents; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index
Summary The United States is a nation whose identity is defined by the idea of democracy. Yet democracy in the U.S. is often taken for granted, narrowly understood, and rarely critically examined. In Democracy as a Way of Life in America, Schneirov and Fernandez show that, much more than a static legacy from the past, democracy is a living process that informs all aspects of American life. The authors trace the story of American democracy from the revolution to the present, showing how democracy has changed over time, and the challenges it has faced. They examine themes including indiv
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Form Electronic book
Author Fernandez, Gaston A
ISBN 9781135046033
1135046034