03536nam 2200661 a 450 991045450140332120200520144314.01-282-49722-797866124972230-7425-6632-3(CKB)1000000000785778(StDuBDS)AH23062823(SSID)ssj0000433105(PQKBManifestationID)12210294(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000433105(PQKBWorkID)10389584(PQKB)10729709(SSID)ssj0000101858(PQKBManifestationID)11990664(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101858(PQKBWorkID)10043727(PQKB)11552808(MiAaPQ)EBC467285(Au-PeEL)EBL467285(CaPaEBR)ebr10364258(CaONFJC)MIL249722(OCoLC)436282506(EXLCZ)99100000000078577820090108d2009 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrAmerica at risk[electronic resource] the crisis of hope, trust, and caring /Robert Perrucci and Carolyn C. PerrucciLanham, Md. Rowman & Littlefield Publishersc20091 online resource (176 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7425-6370-7 0-7425-6369-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-156) and index.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Diagnosis: How the New Economy has Eroded Hope, Trust, and CaringChapter 2. Job Loss and Declining WagesChapter 3. The American Dream is FadingChapter 4. Confidence in InstitutionsChapter 5. Identity, Grievance, and TrustChapter 6. Work, Family, and CaringChapter 7. Forgotten Americans: The Poor, Homeless, Aged, and IncarceratedChapter 8. RemediesNotes24.95In America at Risk: The Crisis of Hope, Trust, and Caring, Robert Perrucci and Carolyn C. Perrucci identify the broad economic and technological changes that have led to the loss of high wage jobs, declining opportunity, and increased income and wealth inequality. These changes have altered the way that Americans think about themselves, their future, and the lives of their children and neighbors. Focusing on the erosion of trust, hope, and caring between and among Americans and their social institutions, the authors confront the challenge by proposing policies that will build hope (through jobs and wages) in order to promote greater trust of institutions and more caring for the less fortunate. Examining data from the past thirty-year period, Perrucci and Perrucci apply a critical sociological lens to view the dominant economic, political, and cultural institutions that have shaped the main social problems facing Americans. They challenge Americans to act on behalf of their individual and collective interests by becoming informed and involved in developing new solutions to improve their lives.Social classesUnited StatesUnited StatesSocial conditions1980-United StatesEconomic conditions2001-2009Electronic books.Social classes306.0973/09051Perrucci Robert987724Perrucci Carolyn Cummings987725MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454501403321America at risk2258264UNINA