2. The Folklore of American Pluralism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. I. The Dislocation of the American System
5. 1. The Sector Nobody Knows 3
6. 2. The Folklore of American Pluralism 25
7. II. The Predicament of Key Subsectors
8. 3. Higher Education: Duality, Dependency, and Decline 51
9. 4. Pure Science and the Public 78
10. 5. The Health System—Getting Better, Going Broke 102
11. 6. Culture and the Arts 128
12. 7. Social-Action Movements—The Twilight Zone of Politics 155
13. III. Redressing the Balance
14. 8. The New Politics of Pluralism 183
15. 9. Proposals for Public Policy 209
16. 10. Prospects and Possibilities 234
17. Notes 253
18. Index 263