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Publish Year
1983
Type
Book
Publication Name
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ISBN
9780674030213
Book Title
American Politics : the Promise of Disharmony
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Item Length
9.2 in
Publication Year
1983
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
Samuel P. Huntington
Genre
Political Science, Philosophy, Social Science, History
Topic
Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Movements / Idealism, General, American Government / General, United States / General
Item Weight
16.8 Oz
Item Width
6.1 in
Number of Pages
320 Pages

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Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674030214
ISBN-13
9780674030213
eBay Product ID (ePID)
804720

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Book Title
American Politics : the Promise of Disharmony
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1983
Topic
Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Movements / Idealism, General, American Government / General, United States / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Philosophy, Social Science, History
Author
Samuel P. Huntington
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
16.8 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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[A] brilliant book... [Huntington addresses] contemporary concerns with a masterly command of theory and history which will ensure his book an enduring place as a work of scholarship., More than his famous 'clash of civilizations' thesis of the 1990s, it is this lesser-known 1981 work that most clearly speaks to our time. Huntington points to the gap between the values of the American creed (liberty, equality, individualism, constitutionalism) and the government's efforts to live up to those values as the central tension of national life., [Huntington] squarely confronts the problem of legitimating American power at home and abroad and argues persuasively...for his exceptionalist political vision. Few have the courage--fewer the talent--to pose and systematically answer the critical questions that Huntington raises., An illuminating book, ambitious in range and ingenious in analysis... Filled with imaginative insights., Professor Huntington has brilliantly set forth the persisting conflict between American ideals and American institutions which can energize our society or paralyze it, depending on whether it is understood for what it is. A liberating insight; a brilliant book., Samuel Huntington is not only a preeminent scholar of modern governing institutions and their underlying ideas, democratic and otherwise; he has also often served as adviser to policymakers in several nations, including our own. His book should be read by everyone who is concerned with the capacity of our institutions to meet the fearful challenges they now face., An exceptional book, combining political theory with American history and contemporary policy analysis in a fashion that will challenge and inform any reader interested in the American experience., This controversial book will spark considerable debate about American values, the origins and meaning of reform, and foreign policy. It will influence current discussions of the United States, and it will change the way we think about American political and social behavior.
Dewey Edition
19
Dewey Decimal
320.973
Table Of Content
1. The Disharmonic Polity "Our Practice of Your Principles" The One, the Two, and the Many:Structural Paradigms of American Politics Ideals versus Institutions 2. The American Creed and National Identity Political Thought in America Sources, Scope, and Stability of the Creed Political Ideas and National Identity 3. The Gap: The American Creed versus Political Authority Consensus and Instability The Gap in Comparative Perspective 4. Coping with the Gap The American Case of Cognitive Dissonance Patterns of Response The Gap and American Political Style 5. The Politics of Creedal Passion Creedal Passion Periods in American History The Climate of Creedal Passion Creedal Conflict: The Movement and the Establishment Reform and its Limits Political Earthquakes and Realignment 6. The Sources of Creedal Passion Why Creedal Passion Periods? General Sources: Comparable Phenomena in Other Societies Specific Sources: The Timing of Creedal Passion Periods Original Sources: The Roots of It All in the English Revolution The Protestantism of American Politics 7. The S&S Years, 1960-1975 From the Fifties to the Seventies: The Changing Pattern of Response Complacency and the End(?) of Ideology Interlude of Hypocrisy, Surge of Moralism The Mobilization of Protest The Dynamics of Exposure The Legacies Reform and the IvI Gap Institutional Realignment The Misuse and Erosion of Authority Cynicism and the Restoration of Authority 8. The Viability of American Ideals and Institutions The Future of the Gap History versus Progress? America versus the World? Power and Liberty: The Myth of American Repression The Promise of Disappointment Notes Index
Synopsis
This stunningly persuasive book examines the persistent, radical gap between the promise of American ideals and the performance of American politics. Samuel P. Huntington shows how Americans, throughout their history as a nation, have been united by the democratic creed of liberty, equality, and hostility to authority. At the same time he reveals how, inevitably, these ideals have been perennially frustrated through the institutions and hierarchies required to carry on the essential functions of governing a democratic society. From this antagonism between the ideals of democracy and the realities of power have risen four great political upheavals in American history. Every third generation, Huntington argues, Americans have tried to reconstruct their institutions to make them more truly reflect deeply rooted national ideals. Moving from the clenched fists and mass demonstrations of the 1960s, to the moral outrage of the Progressive and Jacksonian Eras, back to the creative ideological fervor of the American Revolution, he incisively analyzes the dissenters' objectives. All, he pungently writes, sought to remove the fundamental disharmony between the reality of government in America and the ideals on which the American nation was founded. Huntington predicts that the tension between ideals and institutions is likely to increase in this country in the future. And he reminds us that the fate of liberty and democracy abroad is intrinsically linked to the strength of our power in world affairs. This brilliant and controversial analysis deserves to rank alongside the works of Tocqueville, Bryce, and Hofstadter and will become a classic commentary on the meaning of America., Huntington examines the persistent gap between the promise of American ideals and the performance of American politics. He shows how Americans have always been united by the democratic creed of liberty, equality, and hostility to authority, but how these ideals have been frustrated through institutions and hierarchies needed to govern a democracy.
LC Classification Number
JK39.H84 1981

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