Society on the Run

"The best books about Americans have been written by Europeans, it is widely agreed. Peters joins here the tradition of Alexis de Tocqueville, James Bryce, and Gunnar Myrdal. Sweeping and insightful, unconventional and explorative, a book for our time". -- Amitai Etzioni, The George Washington University

W. Peters

Triumph or Resignation?; (Post-) Modern Democracy; Pursuit of Happiness; Money, Part I Motor and Nemesis of Democracy; Money, Part II Democratizing Money; The Existential Runner; The Oral Society; Pragmatism and Fundamentalism; Elections and Parties; Plebiscite and Participation; Astrocracy and Bureaucracy; The Imperial Presidency; Pax Americana Part I Mission to Save the World; Pax Americana Part II Militarizing the Society; A State of Law(yers); The Media; The Flirtation with the End of History; Social Decline, Poverty, and Crime; Reality and Fiction; Wild at Heart; Life Is Fun Part I The Pathology of Happiness; Life Is Fun, Part II Outlook