LEADER 03507nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910777910503321 005 20230207230358.0 010 $a1-282-49722-7 010 $a9786612497223 010 $a0-7425-6632-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000785778 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23062823 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000433105 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12210294 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000433105 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10389584 035 $a(PQKB)10729709 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000101858 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11990664 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101858 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10043727 035 $a(PQKB)11552808 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC467285 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL467285 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364258 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL249722 035 $a(OCoLC)436282506 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000785778 100 $a20090108d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerica at risk$b[electronic resource] $ethe crisis of hope, trust, and caring /$fRobert Perrucci and Carolyn C. Perrucci 210 $aLanham, Md. $cRowman & Littlefield Publishers$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (176 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7425-6370-7 311 $a0-7425-6369-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 147-156) and index. 327 $aTable 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. RemediesNotes 330 8 $a24.95$bIn 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. 606 $aSocial classes$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y1980-2020 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y2001-2009 615 0$aSocial classes 676 $a306.0973/09051 700 $aPerrucci$b Robert$01508122 701 $aPerrucci$b Carolyn Cummings$01535234 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777910503321 996 $aAmerica at risk$93783326 997 $aUNINA