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Whereas our nation was once united in purpose, today it is bitterly divided. Why? Racial discrimination, diminishing educational opportunities, poor economic mobility, greedy corporations, and an unresponsive federal government have combined to create two Americas. Presented in Gerston’s characteristic, no-holds-barred style of wit and candor, **Reviving Citizen Engagement: Policies to Renew National Community** casts a harsh light on the current state of American public policy. It then offers approaches to healing some of the country’s most pressing problems. The book begins with an assessment of the extent to which America has become a fractured society and the residual damage from the social implosion. It then examines the fragile condition of the 21st century electorate and a political system where private power too often has overcome values intended to protect the public good. The author argues it isn’t American entitlement run amok, but suggests there really is a powerful disconnect. The large number of Americans who have been left out of the system are no longer engaged citizens. This development represents a monumental threat to American democracy, for our democracy can suc

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Author

Larry N. Gerston

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Group; CRC Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781040083253

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Social Science, Social Sciences