The fractious nation? : unity and division in contemporary American life / edited by Jonathan Rieder ; Steven Steinlight, associate editor.
Contributor(s): Rieder, Jonathan
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TextPublisher: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2003Description: vii, 295 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0520236637 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0520236629 (cloth : alk. paper); 0520220439Subject(s): National characteristics, American | United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- | Political culture -- United States | Citizenship -- Social aspects -- United States | United States -- Moral conditions | United States -- Social conditions -- 1980- | Social conflict -- United States | Cultural pluralism -- United StatesDDC classification: 973.931 LOC classification: E169.12 | .F69 2003Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Getting a fix on fragmentation: "breakdown" as estimation error, rhetorical strategy, and organizational accomplishment / Jonathan Rieder -- The fetish of difference / Richard Berstein -- Fragments or ties? the defense of difference / Martha Minow -- The myth of culture war: the disparity between private opinion and public politics / Paul DiMaggio -- America's Jews: highly fragmented, insufficiently disputatious / Jack Wertheimer -- Once again, strangers on our shores / Mary C. Waters -- Expelling newcomers: the eclipse of constitutional community / Cecilia Muñoz -- The United States in the world community: the limits of national sovereignty / Douglas S. Massey -- "Who cares who killed Roger Ackroyd?": narrowing the enduring divisions of race / Jennifer Hochschild -- The ambivalence of citizenship: African-American intellectuals in search of community / Kevin Gaines -- Social provision and civic community: beyond fragmentation / Theda Skocpol -- Stable fragmentation in multicultural America / Paul Starr -- The moral compassion of true conservatism / John J. DiIulio Jr. -- Shaking off the past: third ways, fourth ways, and the urgency of politics / E.J. Dionne Jr. -- Epilogue: Into the unknown: unity and conflict after September 11, 2001 / Jonathan Rieder.