Rugged individualism and the misunderstanding of American inequality

Rugged individualism and the misunderstanding of American inequality

"In Rugged Individualism and the Misunderstanding of American Inequality, the authors argue that a culture of individualism in the U.S. limits the pressure politicians face to develop robust social policies. This individualism combines with racism and features of the political system to help pe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eppard, Lawrence M.
Other Authors: Rank, Mark R., Bullock, Heather E., Chomsky, Noam, Giroux, Henry A., Brady, David, 1972-, Schubert, Dan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bethlehem Lanham, Maryland Lehigh University Press ; The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2020]
Subjects:
United States > Social conditions.
United States > Economic conditions.
United States.
Equality > United States.
Individualism > United States.
Economic history.
Equality.
Individualism.
Social conditions.
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Online Access:https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/2372670.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • The problem with American individualism
  • Part I. social science perspectives
  • The American inequality palette
  • Social psychological functions of inequality beliefs
  • In conversation
  • Part II. individualism on the ground
  • Cleaning the ivory tower
  • Paved with good intentions
  • Part III. the big picture
  • Inequality beliefs and social justice.

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