Why Government Fails So Often
Our political system has long been admired and wondered at by Americans and outsiders who marvel at its ability to govern for 225 years a remarkably dynamic, diverse society. Yet most Americans today believe that our government is failing to deliver what it promises, and they have lost confidence in...
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oai:lib.umy.ac.id:530562021-06-16T13:06:27ZWhy Government Fails So OftenPETER H. SCHUCKPolitical Science, lawOur political system has long been admired and wondered at by Americans and outsiders who marvel at its ability to govern for 225 years a remarkably dynamic, diverse society. Yet most Americans today believe that our government is failing to deliver what it promises, and they have lost confidence in its effectiveness. Herein lies a deep and dangerous dilemma, one that this book seeks to explain and perhaps to help solve. Consider some of our government’s past successes—many of commission, some of restraint. Since the Civil War, the U.S. political system has been extraordinarily stable and durable, experiencing no deep crisis of regime legitimacy and requiring only a dozen additional amendments to our eighteenth-century Constitution, most of them of only historical significance. Our polity and civil society have accepted and integrated a vast number of immigrants of diverse races, religions, languages, and cultural backgrounds, most with relatively low education levels, transforming them into patriotic Americans and loyal permanent residents. Our competitive, resilient economy leads the world in technological innovation and has given us the highest standard of living in the world. (Despite recent setbacks, it still vies for that distinction with oil-rich Norway and tiny tax haven Luxembourg.1) Having rescued our allies in two world wars, the United States has exerted hegemonic military, cultural, diplomatic, and economic power (for better and worse) for seven decades. It has extended civil rights for racial and religious minorities, women, gay people, and the disabled. It reduced poverty significantly between 1960 and 2010, with much of that decline occurring since 1980.2 Its civil society is the world’s most robust and creative, with a vibrant religious and civic culture that supports a bewildering variety of philanthropic, religious, and social service activities. Among liberal democracies, Americans are by far the most patriotic people; almost 90 percent completely or mostly agree with the statement “I am very patrioticâ€; most claim to engage in patriotic activities.3 Our natural environment, highlighted in its national park system and vast tracts of unsettled territory, is stunning.Princeton University Press2014eBookebook 614Bahasa Inggrishttp://oaipmh-jogjalib.umy.ac.idkatalog.php?opo=lihatDetilKatalog&id=53056 |
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Our political system has long been admired and wondered at by
Americans and outsiders who marvel at its ability to govern for
225 years a remarkably dynamic, diverse society. Yet most Americans
today believe that our government is failing to deliver what it promises,
and they have lost confidence in its effectiveness. Herein lies a
deep and dangerous dilemma, one that this book seeks to explain
and perhaps to help solve.
Consider some of our government’s past successes—many of
commission, some of restraint. Since the Civil War, the U.S. political
system has been extraordinarily stable and durable, experiencing no
deep crisis of regime legitimacy and requiring only a dozen additional
amendments to our eighteenth-century
Constitution, most of them of
only historical significance. Our polity and civil society have accepted
and integrated a vast number of immigrants of diverse races, religions,
languages, and cultural backgrounds, most with relatively low education
levels, transforming them into patriotic Americans and loyal permanent
residents. Our competitive, resilient economy leads the world
in technological innovation and has given us the highest standard of
living in the world. (Despite recent setbacks, it still vies for that distinction
with oil-rich
Norway and tiny tax haven Luxembourg.1) Having
rescued our allies in two world wars, the United States has exerted
hegemonic military, cultural, diplomatic, and economic power (for
better and worse) for seven decades. It has extended civil rights for
racial and religious minorities, women, gay people, and the disabled.
It reduced poverty significantly between 1960 and 2010, with much of that decline occurring since 1980.2 Its civil society is the world’s most
robust and creative, with a vibrant religious and civic culture that supports
a bewildering variety of philanthropic, religious, and social service
activities. Among liberal democracies, Americans are by far the
most patriotic people; almost 90 percent completely or mostly agree
with the statement “I am very patrioticâ€; most claim to engage in patriotic
activities.3 Our natural environment, highlighted in its national
park system and vast tracts of unsettled territory, is stunning. |
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2014 |
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