Reviving Citizen Engagement: Policies to Renew National Community

ISBN-13: 9781482231762 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 289 str.

Larry N. Gerston

Opis

Racial discrimination, diminishing educational opportunities, poor economic mobility, greedy corporations, and an unresponsive federal government have combined to create two Americas. Larry N. Gerston casts a harsh light on the current state of American public policy and then offers approaches to healing some of the country's most pressing problems, including the large number of Americans who are no longer engaged citizens.

Recenzje

"This broad-ranging critique of the American political and economic system attempts to help readers understand contemporary citizen disengagement. Replete with extensive public opinion and empirical data, this book by Gerston (emer., San Jose State Univ.) chronicles significant shortcomings of the political system such as income inequalities, voter suppression, and disregard for international law. … the book ends with a wide-ranging set of corrective actions that might be taken. …. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, research, and professional collections."
—S. E. Frantzich, United States Naval Academy

Spis treści

A Turning Point for America. DETACHED SPIRIT. Cracks in the Pavement. An Uneven Electorate. The Opportunity Conundrum. BROKEN INSTITUTIONS. The Search for Public Investment. Policy Making Institutions at A Crossroads. A TALE OF TWO ECONOMIES IN ONE NATION. An Economic System That Divides Its Members. The Struggle for Corporate Inclusion. REPAIR AND RENEWAL. Toward the Resumption of Citizenship.