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In American Society: How It Really Works, Erik Olin Wright and Joel Rogers ask several key questions: What kind of society is America? How does it really work and why is it the way it is? In what ways does it need changing, and how can those changes be brought about? To answer these questions, Wright and Rogers identify five core social values that most Americans affirm in one way or another: freedom, prosperity, efficiency, fairness, and democracy. The authors then challenge readers to question to what degree contemporary American society actually lives up to these values and suggest how we might make progress in solving some of the social problems that confront America today.

 

Aus dem Inhalt:

Preface p. ix

Acknowledgments p. xiii

Prologue: Perspectives and Values p. 1

What Kind of Society Is American Society? p. 10

Capitalism

The Capitalist Market: How It Is Supposed to Work p. 37

The Capitalist Market: How It Actually Works p. 49

The Environment p. 71

Transportation p. 102

Consumerism p. 120

Healthcare p. 142

Finance p. 179

Building a High-Road Economy p. 216

Inequality

Thinking about Fairness and Inequality p. 245

Class p. 257

Persistent Poverty and Rising Inequality p. 267

Ending Poverty in America p. 297

Racial Inequality p. 312

Gender Inequality p. 364

Democracy

Democracy: How It Works p. 405

Elections and Voting p. 421

Taxation and the Attack on the Affirmative State p. 446

Corporate Control of the Media p. 469

Militarism and Empire p. 485

Labor Unions p. 505

Democracy from Below p. 521

Conclusion

Possible Futures p. 543

Credits p. 555

Index p. 557