9780520296350

American Nightmares

Format: Paperback

ISBN13: 9780520296350

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In an accessible and droll style, well-known sociologist 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.



 

ISBN-13

9780520296350

ISBN-10

0520296354

Weight

0.70 Pounds

Dimensions

5.50 x 0.70 x 8.25 In

List Price

$29.95

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

256 pages

Publisher

University of California Press

Published On

2018-01-23



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