The eclipse of equality : arguing America on Meet the press / / Solon Simmons
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| Autore: |
Simmons Solon
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| Titolo: |
The eclipse of equality : arguing America on Meet the press / / Solon Simmons
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| Pubblicazione: | Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (318 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.5 |
| Soggetto topico: | Equality - United States |
| Political culture - United States | |
| Public opinion - United States | |
| Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States | |
| Social conflict - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government 1945-1989 |
| United States Politics and government 1989- | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; 1. Nothing Is More Important: Arguing America; 2. Basically Totally Dysfunctional: The Rhetorical Roots of Protracted Social Conflict; 3. Spreading Democracy Around the World: A World Made Safe for Private Enterprise; 4. Taking Aim at the New Deal: To Restore the Idea of America; 5. That Redemption We Dream Of: The Tangle of Intolerances; 6. The Gravest Problem: Reds, Rackets, and the Unmaking of the Democratic Class Struggle; 7. Conclusion: To Clarify American Opinion; Epilogue: If It's Sunday, It's 'Meet the Press'; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Red state vs. blue state. Republican vs. Democrat. Fox News vs. The Daily Show. The so-called culture wars have become such a fixture of American politics that dividing the country into rival camps seems natural and political gridlock seems inevitable. Entering the fray, Solon Simmons offers an intriguing twist on the debate: Our disagreements come not from unbridgeable divides, but from differing interpretations of a single underlying American tradition-liberalism. Both champions of traditional liberal values, Republicans have become the party of individual freedom while Democrats |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The eclipse of equality |
| ISBN: | 0-8047-8646-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910825730403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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