Character of Nations : How Politics Makes and Breaks Prosperity, Family, and Civility

English

ISBN: 0465028004

EAN: 9780465028009

Category: Political Science / General/Political Science / Political Process / General/Social Science / Popular Culture/

Publisher: Basic Books

Release Date: 10/31/2008

Synopsis: In this cross-cultural study, Angelo M. Codevilla illustrates that as people shape their governments, they shape themselves. Drawing broadly from the depths of history, from the Roman republic to de Tocquevilles America, as well as from personal and scholarly observations of the world in the twentieth century,The Character of Nationsreveals remarkable truths about the effects of government on a societys economic arrangements, moral order, sense of family life, and ability to defend itself.Codevilla argues that in present-day America, government has had a profound negative effect on societal norms. It has taught people to seek prosperity through connections with political power; it has fostered the atrophy of civic responsibility; it has waged a Kulturkampf against family and religion; and it has dug a dangerous chasm between those who serve in the military and those who send it in harms way. Informative and provocative,The Character of Nationsshows how the political decisions we make have higher stakes than simply who wins elections.

Character of Nations : How Politics Makes and Breaks Prosperity, Family, and Civility

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.0 inches

Width: 6.13 inches

Length: 9.25 inches

Weight: 16.93 oz

Pages: 400