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The American Dream in the Information Age

By Otto Newman , Richard de Zoysa (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
1999
ISBN
978-1-349-40755-2, 978-0-333-98359-1, 978-0-312-22243-7
DOI
10.1007/978-0-333-98359-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
928 kB (950527 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
IX, 229\237
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
European Politics; Cultural Studies; Sociologygeneral; Political Science

Description

America's current transformation from an industrial to a new information-based culture presents new challenges as well as new perspectives on old debates. This book offers a comprehensive survey of America's changing values. It examines notions of American exceptionalism and how the 'melting pot' is coping with race relations and changing demographics; it assesses the agenda of government, the domestic and global constraints, and how social exclusion can be tackled. Current changes in the US are likely to be a harbinger for other societies, and the authors examine new models of civic society, of learning and of reconfiguring social values for a fast-changing world.

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