The Fractured Republic: Renewing America's Social Contract in the Age of Individualism
- ISBN-10
- 0465093256
- ISBN-13
- 9780465093250
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-05-23
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Author
- Yuval Levin
Description
A National Review Best Book of the Year Americans today are anxious--about the economy, about politics, about our government. The institutions that once dominated our culture have become smaller, more diverse, and personalized. Individualism has come at the cost of dwindling solidarity. No wonder, then, that voters and politicians alike are nostalgic for a time of social cohesion and economic success. But the policies of the past are inadequate to the America of today. Both parties are stuck presenting old solutions to new problems. In The Fractured Republic, Yuval Levin details his innovative answers to the dysfunctions of our fragmented national life. By embracing subsidiarity and diversity and rejecting extremism and nostalgia, he believes we can revive the middle layers of society and enable an American revival. Updated with a new epilogue, Levin helps us navigate our fraught political waters.
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