Repairing American Political Culture: Individuals, Central Government, and Democratic Dignity in Twenty-First Century Conditions
Document Type
Presentation
Abstract
This presentation examined how global economic, socio-cultural, and technological trends have increasingly undermined long-prevailing conceptions of US democracy and the relationship of citizens to the state. Much of the anger of today’s American politics flows from fundamental disagreements regarding the nature of a healthy democratic society and the relationship of citizens to their central government. The presentation addressed some of the major “stress points” in American politics, and examined how the US political community may alleviate them, with a particular focus on the building of a healthy, robust political culture that prizes both the dignity and autonomy of individuals and the needs of the national political community.
Publication Date
11-27-2018
Recommended Citation
Walton, Dale, "Repairing American Political Culture: Individuals, Central Government, and Democratic Dignity in Twenty-First Century Conditions" (2018). Faculty Symposium. 27.
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/faculty_symposium/27