American Nightmares

Social Problems In An Anxious World

de Joel Best
idioma: inglês
Editor: University of California Press, Janeiro de 2018 ‧
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"In an accessible and droll style, best-selling author Joel Best shines a light on how we navigate these anxious, insecure social times. While most of us still strive for the American Dream--to graduate from college, own a home, work toward early retirement--recent generations have been told that the next generation will not be able to achieve these goals, that things are getting--or are on the verge of getting--worse. In American Nightmares, Best addresses the apprehension that we face every day as we are bombarded with threats that the social institutions we count on are imperiled. Our schools are failing to teach our kids. Healthcare may soon be harder to obtain. We can't bank on our retirement plans. And our homes--still the largest chunk of most people's net worth--may lose much of their value. Our very way of life is being threatened! Or is it? With a steady voice and keen focus, Best examines how a culture develops fears and fantasies and how these visions are created and recreated in every generation. By dismantling current ideas about the future, collective memory, and sociology's marginalization in the public square, Best sheds light on how social problems--and our anxiety about them--are socially constructed"--Provided by publisher.

American Nightmares

Social Problems In An Anxious World

de Joel Best

Propriedade Descrição
ISBN: 9780520296350
Editor: University of California Press
Data de Lançamento: Janeiro de 2018
Idioma: Inglês
Dimensões: 140 x 210 x 20 mm
Encadernação: Capa mole
Páginas: 256
Tipo de produto: Livro
Classificação Temática: Livros em Inglês > História > História da América
Livros em Inglês > Ciências Sociais e Humanas > Sociologia
Livros em Inglês > Outros
EAN: 9780520296350