The assault on American democracy / Gerhard Falk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Falk, Gerhard, 1924- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social problems--United States.

Social problems.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

Prof. Falk highlights key points in Western history that undergird America's values of individualism and entrepreneurialism, then shows how US citizens, organizations, and government in fact undermine our rights and responsibilities, eroding the achievements of centuries past. We need to integrate people of diverse backgrounds, but we need social cohesion as well. Can we overcome the tension between rights and abuses, reconcile individual responsibility and the entitlement to a safety net, and pull our country together?.

Contents:

Introduction

The foundations of Western civilization

The evolution of the individual

Domestic attacks on democracy

Religious violence

Economic dependency

The American criminal (in)justice system

Assault on free speech or higher education in America

Greed, fraud, and crime

The assault on gender equality

The assault on ethnicity : the fate of native Americans

"That government is best, that governs the least" / Thomas Jefferson

The fourth estate : the failure of American journalism

The assault on democracy by hate and violence

Post script. The sociology of deviant behavior

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62894-263-0