America ascendant
Subtitle: a revolutionary nation's path to addressing its deepest problems and leading the 21st century
By: Stanley B. Greenberg
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9781250003676
Subjects: Politics and government; Political culture; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Democratic Party (U.S.); Social policy; Progressivism (United States politics); Economic policy
Description: "America is poised to lead the 21st century, as it led the 20th. The country is at a tipping point in the battle for its own renewal, a renewal that will allow America to be exceptional again. Our economy is on the move, fueled by revolutions in energy, immigration, innovation, big data and advanced manufacturing. America's energy independence has set off shockwaves. Just as important are the social transformations that are making the country younger, a home to immigrants, and ever more racially and culturally diverse. While most other countries struggle profoundly with immigration and religious and racial differences, America's on a path to a multicultural identity. Those revolutions are also producing a new American majority that embraces new values and new politics. Republicans are waging a counter-revolution and that is why America looks gridlocked. These transformations also leave people struggling and politics corrupted. The American public is demanding that the country address the dark side of our progress--and reforms are starting to happen. That is why Democrats will get to lead an era of reform and renewal comparable to the Progressive era that mitigated the excesses of the Industrial Revolution. In this incisive book, expert strategist Greenberg draws on years of research and polling to illuminate how America is far from being gridlocked, and he articulates a powerful vision of how American politics and America can be renewed"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-386) and index.
Table of contents: title: America at a tipping point; title: Part I: America : the exceptional nation. America's economic ascendancy ; America's cultural exceptionalism; title: Part II: America's deepest problems. Contradictions of the new economy ; Contradictions of the new society; title: Part III: Political disruption. Revolutions and counterrevolution : the battle for American values ; The Democratic ascendancy ; The end of the Republican party as we know it; title: Part IV: Addressing America's contradictions. The conservative interregnum ; From Reagan Democrats to the new America; title: Part V: New progressive era. The Progressive Era: "To cleanse, to reconsider, to restore, to correct the evil" ; Momentum for reform ; The state of the Union.