Uniting America
Subtitle: restoring the vital center to American democracy
By: edited by Norton Garfinkle and Daniel Yankelovich.
Contributors: Garfinkle, Norton, 1931-; Yankelovich, Daniel.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Democracy -- United States; Political culture -- United States; Social conflict -- United States; Polarization (Social sciences); United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-; United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-
Description: In 'Uniting America', some of the most prominent US social thinkers reject the myth of polarisation, arguing that there are sensible centrist solutions more in keeping with public sentiment and that would better serve the national interest.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Overcoming polarization / Daniel Yankelovich; title: Fighting the war on terrorism / Francis Fukuyama; title: Nurturing economic growth and American values / Norton Garfinkle; title: Reforming social security and medicare for the twenty-first century / Will Marshall; title: The ethics of America's health care debate / Tsung-Mei Cheng and Uwe E. Reinhardt; title: Religion as unifier and divider / Alan Wolfe; title: The fair society / Amitai Etzioni; title: Constitutional responsibility in the war on terrorism / Michael Vatis; title: Diversity, community, and government / Peter H. Schuck; title: Immigration and social disorder / Peter Skerry; title: Character education and the challenge of raising a moral generation / Chester E. Finn, Jr; title: Citizenship, civic unity, and national service / William A. Galston; title: Toward a sustainable environmentalism / Mark Sagoff; title: Is reform of America's electoral system possible? / Thomas E. Mann.