American society : how it really works /
In American Society: How It Really Works, esteemed scholars Erik Olin Wright and Joel Rogers pull back the curtain on the complex inner workings of contemporary American society, revealing the ways in which it does, and doesn't, support its core values. They also explore possible solutions to...
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New York :
W.W. Norton & Company,
[2024].
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface to the Third Edition - Preface to the First and Second Editions - Acknowledgments
- Prologue: Perspectives and values
- What kind of society is American society?
- Pt. 1. Market Capitalism. The capitalist market: how it is supposed to work
- The capitalist market: how it actually works
- The environment
- Transportation
- Consumerism
- Health care
- Finance
- Building a high-road economy.
- Pt. 2. Inequality. Thinking about fairness and inequality
- Class
- Persistent poverty and rising inequality
- Ending poverty in America
- Racial inequality
- Gender inequality.
- Pt. 3. Democracy. Democracy: how it works
- Elections and voting
- Taxation and the attack on the affirmative state
- Corporate control of the media
- Militarism and empire
- Labor unions
- Improving non-electoral Democratic Action.
- Conclusion
- Possible futures.