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Society on the run : a European view of life in America

A study of the United States and its political culture. The author contends that democracy exists at the level of political institutions and processes in the US as well as in its private sector.
eBook, English, 2015
Routledge, Abingdon, 2015
1 online resource
9781315286204, 9780765631770, 9781315286211, 9781315286198, 1315286203, 0765631776, 1315286211, 131528619X
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"Are You Running with Me Jesus?" / Eugene J. McCarthy
Triumph or Resignation?
(Post- ) Modern Democracy
Pursuit of Happiness
Money, Part I
Motor and Nemesis of Democracy
Money, Part II
Democratizing Money
The Existential Runner
The Oral Society
Pragmatism and Fundamentalism
Elections and Parties
Plebiscite and Participation
"Astrocracy" and Bureaucracy
The Imperial Presidency
Pax Americana, Part I
Mission to Save the World
Pax Americana, Part II
Militarizing the Society
A State of Law(yers)
The Media
The Flirtation with the End of History
Social Decline, Poverty, and Crime
Reality and Fiction
Wild at Heart
Life Is Fun, Part I
The Pathology of Happiness
Life Is Fun, Part II
Outlook