The Fractious nation?: unity and division in contemporary American life

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Acknowledgments Introduction: The Fractious Nation? Jonathan Rieder l. Getting a Fix on Fragmentation: Breakdown as Estimation Error, Rhetorical Strategy, and Organizational Accomplishment Jonathan Rieder PART 1. MOREAL UNITY, MORAL DIVISION 2. The Fetish of Difference Richard Bernstein 3. Fragments or Ties? The Defense of Difference Martha Minow 4. The Myth of Culture War: The Disparity between Private Opinion and Public Politics Paul DiMaggio 5. America's Jews: Highly Fragmented, Insufficiently Disputatious Jack Wertheimer PART 2. REFIGURING THE BOUNDARIES OF CITIZENSHIP: RACE, IMMIGRATION, AND NATIONAL BELONGING 6. Once Again, Strangers on Our Shores Mary C. Waters 7. Expelling Newcomers: The Eclipse of Constitutional Community Cecilia Munoz 8. The United States in the World Community: The Limits of National Sovereignty Douglas S. Massey 9. Cares Who Killed Roger Ackroyd?: Narrowing the Enduring Divisions of Race Jennifer Hochschild 10. The Ambivalence of Citizenship: African-American Intellectuals in Search of Community Kevin Gaines PART 3. UNITY AND DIVISION IN THE POLITICAL REALM 11. Social Provision and Civic Community: Beyond Fragmentation Theda Skocpol 12. Stable Fragmentation in Multicultural America Paul Starr 13. The Moral Compassion of True Conservatism John J. DiIulio Jr. 14. Shaking Off the Past: Third Ways, Fourth Ways, and the Urgency of Politics E.J. Dionne Jr. Epilogue: Into the Unknown: Unity and Conflict after September 11, 2001 Jonathan Rieder List of Contributors Index