Shattered consensus
Subtitle: the rise and decline of America's postwar political order
By: James Piereson
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: Encounter Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 389
ISBN-13: 9781594036712
Subjects: Politics and government; Political culture; Consensus (Social sciences); Liberalism; History
Description: "Piereson [posits that there is an] inevitable political turmoil that will overtake the United States in the next decade as a consequence of economic stagnation, the unsustainable growth of government, and the exhaustion of postwar arrangements that formerly underpinned American prosperity and power. The challenges of public debt, the retirement of the baby boom generation, and slow economic growth have reached a point where they require profound changes in the role of government in American life"--Dust jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-370) and index.
Table of contents: title: The political economy of the postwar order; title: Liberalism and conservatism; title: The Kennedy legend and the literal ideal; title: The politics of higher education.