The State of the Nation

The State of the Nation

Author: Derek Curtis Bok

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 9780674292116

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The author shows that although Americans are better off today in most areas than they were in 1960, they have performed poorly compared with other leading industrial nations.


The Price of Citizenship

The Price of Citizenship

Author: Michael B. Katz

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2002-03

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 9780805069297

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Katz shows how these changes are propelling America toward a future of increased inequality and decreased security as individuals compete for success in an open market with ever fewer protections against misfortune, power, and greed. And he shows how these trends are transforming citizenship from a right of birth into a privilege available only to the fully employed."--Jacket.