02887nam 2200637 450 991078359030332120230207223546.00-19-771715-21-280-44164-X1-4237-3455-60-19-534471-51-60256-627-5(CKB)1000000000033355(EBL)241389(OCoLC)559885444(SSID)ssj0000238355(PQKBManifestationID)11208328(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238355(PQKBWorkID)10222734(PQKB)11440937(Au-PeEL)EBL4702113(CaPaEBR)ebr11273422(MiAaPQ)EBC4702113(EXLCZ)99100000000003335520161012h19981998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe rights revolution rights and community in modern America /Samuel WalkerNew York ;Oxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,1998.©19981 online resource (241 p.)Includes index.0-19-509025-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-210) and index.CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter One: THE PROBLEM OF RIGHTS; Chapter Two: THE TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN LIFE; Chapter Three: BELONGING TO AMERICA: RIGHTS AND MEMBERSHIP; Chapter Four: SPEAKING AND BELONGING: FREE SPEECH AND COMMUNITY; Chapter Five: THE CONFINED AND THE ACCUSED; Chapter Six: THE LIMITS OF COMMUNITARIANISM; Chapter Seven: CONCLUSION: NEW RULES FOR AMERICAN SOCIETY; NOTES; INDEXThe most dramatic change in American society in the last forty years has been the explosive growth of personal rights, a veritable ""rights revolution"" that is perceived by both conservatives and liberals as a threat to traditional values and our sense of community. Is it possible that our pursuit of personal rights is driving our country toward moral collapse? In The Rights Revolution, Samuel Walker answers this question with an emphatic no. The ""rights revolution,"" says Walker, is the embodiment of the American ideals of morality and community. He argues that the critics of personal rightCivil rights movementsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryCivil rightsUnited StatesHistoryCommunitarianismUnited StatesSocial valuesUnited StatesCivil rights movementsHistoryCivil rightsHistory.CommunitarianismSocial values323/.0973Walker Samuel1942-727826MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783590303321The rights revolution3769491UNINA