Ebook: Shattered consensus: the rise and decline of America's postwar political order
- Tags: Consensus (Social sciences), Consensus (Social sciences)--United States--History--20th century, Liberalism, Liberalism--United States--History--20th century, Political culture, Political culture--United States--History--20th century, Politics and government, History, Political culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Liberalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century, Consensus (Social sciences) -- United States -- History -- 20th century, United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-19
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Encounter Books
- City: United States
- Edition: First American edition
- Language: English
- epub
The United States has been shaped by three sweeping political revolutions: Jefferson's “revolution of 1800," the Civil War, and the New Deal. Each of these upheavals concluded with lasting institutional and cultural adjustments that set the stage for a new phase of political and economic development. Are we on the verge of another upheaval, a “fourth revolution" that will reshape U.S. politics for decades to come? There are signs to suggest that we are.
James Piereson describes the inevitable political turmoil that will overtake the United States in the next decade as a consequence of economic stagnation, the unsustainable growth of government, and the exhaustion of postwar arrangements that formerly underpinned American prosperity and power. The challenges of public debt, the retirement of the “baby boom" generation, and slow economic growth have reached a point where they require profound changes in the role of government in American life. At the same time,...