American exceptionalism : a double-edged sword /
In this timely new study, one of our major political analysts, Seymour Martin Lipset, explores the deeply held but often inarticulated beliefs that shape America's society and thought. Is this country in the throes of a revolution from the right? Is it in decline morally? Is Japan about to repl...
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New York :
W.W. Norton,
1996.
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Sumário:
- 1. Ideology, Politics and Deviance
- 2. Economy, Religion, and Welfare
- 3. Socialism and Unionism in the United States and Canada
- 4. Two Americas, Two Value Systems: Blacks and Whites
- 5. A Unique People in an Exceptional Country
- 6. American Intellectuals - Mostly on the Left, Some Politically Incorrect
- 7. American Exceptionalism - Japanese Uniqueness
- 8. A Double-Edged Sword
- Appendix: Individualism and Group Obligation.