- 1. The Disharmonic Polity
- “Our Practice of Your Principles”
- The One, the Two, and the Many: Structural Paradigms of American Politics
- Ideals versus Institutions
- 2. The American Creed and National Identity
- Political Thought in America
- Sources, Scope, and Stability of the Creed
- Political Ideas and National Identity
- 3. The Gap: The American Creed versus Political Authority
- Consensus and Instability
- The Gap in Comparative Perspective
- 4. Coping with the Gap
- The American Case of Cognitive Dissonance
- Patterns of Response
- The Gap and American Political Style
- 5. The Politics of Creedal Passion
- Creedal Passion Periods in American History
- The Climate of Creedal Passion
- Creedal Conflict: The Movement and the Establishment
- Reform and its Limits
- Political Earthquakes and Realignment
- 6. The Sources of Creedal Passion
- Why Creedal Passion Periods?
- General Sources: Comparable Phenomena in Other Societies
- Specific Sources: The Timing of Creedal Passion Periods
- Original Sources: The Roots of It All in the English Revolution
- The Protestantism of American Politics
- 7. The S&S Years, 1960–1975
- From the Fifties to the Seventies: The Changing Pattern of Response
- Complacency and the End(?) of Ideology
- Interlude of Hypocrisy, Surge of Moralism
- The Mobilization of Protest
- The Dynamics of Exposure
- The Legacies
- Reform and the IvI Gap
- Institutional Realignment
- The Misuse and Erosion of Authority
- Cynicism and the Restoration of Authority
- 8. The Viability of American Ideals and Institutions
- The Future of the Gap
- History versus Progress?
- America versus the World?
- Power and Liberty: The Myth of American Repression
- The Promise of Disappointment
- Notes
- Index
American Politics
The Promise of Disharmony
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ISBN 9780674030213
Publication Date: 08/15/1983
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