The rights revolution : rights and community in modern America / / Samuel Walker

• Autore: Walker Samuel <1942->
• Pubblicazione: New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1998; ©1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 323/.0973
• Soggetto topico: Civil rights movements - United States - History - 20th century; Civil rights - United States - History; Communitarianism - United States; Social values - United States
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [184]-210) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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 right
• Titolo autorizzato: The rights revolution
• ISBN: 0-19-771715-2; 1-280-44164-X; 1-4237-3455-6; 0-19-534471-5; 1-60256-627-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783590303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II