ISBN:
0742563693
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0742563707
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0742566323
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9780742563698
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9780742563704
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9780742566323
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xi, 161 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als America at Risk : The Crisis of Hope, Trust, and Caring
DDC:
306.0973/09051
Keywords:
Social classes
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United States - Social conditions - 1980-
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Electronic books
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United States Economic conditions 2001-2009
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United States Social conditions 1980-
Abstract:
In America at Risk, 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. Taking data from a thirty-year period, Perrucci and Perrucci apply a critical sociological lens to view the dominant economic, political, and cultural institutions that cause the main social problems affecting Americans
Description / Table of Contents:
America at Risk; Contents; Preface: Why We Wrote This Book; Chapter 01: Diagnosis: How the New Economy Has Eroded Hope, Trust, and Caring; Chapter 02: Job Loss and Declining Wages; Chapter 03: The American Dream Is Fading; Chapter 04: Confidence in Institutions; Chapter 05: Identity, Grievance, and Trust; Chapter 06: Work, Family, and Caring; Chapter 07: Forgotten Americans: The Poor, Homeless, Aged, and Incarcerated; Chapter 08: Confronting the Crisis; Notes; Index; About the Authors
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-156) and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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