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Engagement and disengagement : class, authority, politics, and intellectuals / Howard Schneiderman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schneiderman, Howard G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Power (Social sciences)--United States.
- Power (Social sciences).
- United States.
- Authority.
- Social classes--United States.
- Social classes.
- United States--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- pages cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
- Contents:
- Introduction: authority, egalitarianism and leadership
- Authority and legitimacy
- Charisma and authority
- Authority patterns in colonial New England
- The American dream
- Political clubs, parties, and radicalism
- The strange career of political sociology in America
- Liberalism and the democratic spirit
- Talent, wealth and power
- Success and leadership
- Class and authority in the Oval Office
- The Horatio Alger myth and the Supreme Court
- Life and death of the Protestant establishment
- Stress, crisis, and psycho-history
- Hindrances to good citizenship
- Legislating social and political mores
- Pacifism and utopian thought
- Authority versus conviction.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138296343
- 1138296341
- 9781138296350
- 113829635X
- OCLC:
- 990124621
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