America Beyond 2001 | Chapter 1 Preface

Americans have witnessed significant social change in the last few decades, including an increase in single-parent families, an expansion of minorities’ rights, a reevaluation of male/female roles, and growing conflict over social and sexual norms. While such change continues, and perhaps accelerates, many commentators disagree about its effect on the social “fabric” and whether change will usher in a brighter or darker future.

Alan Wolfe, a dean at the New School for Social Research in New York City, describing “the disappearing center of American society,” catalogs...

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