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001394639 1001_ $$aBest, Joel,$$eauthor.
001394639 24510 $$aAmerican nightmares :$$bsocial problems in an anxious world /$$cJoel Best.
001394639 264_1 $$aOakland, California :$$bUniversity of California Press,$$c[2018]
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001394639 300__ $$a1 online resource (253 pages) :$$billustrations.
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001394639 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
001394639 5050_ $$aPopular hazards or, how we insist similar social problems are different -- American nightmares or, why sociologists hate the American dream / written with David Schweingruber -- Evaluating predictions or, how to compare the Maya calendar, Social Security, and climate change -- Future talk or, how slippery slopes shape concern -- Memories as problems or, how to reconsider Confederate flags and other symbols of the past /written with Lawrence T. Nichols -- Economicization or, why economists get more respect than sociologists -- Afterword : the future of American nightmares.
001394639 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
001394639 520__ $$a"In an accessible and droll style, best-selling author Joel Best shines a light on how we navigate these anxious, insecure social times. While most of us still strive for the American Dream--to graduate from college, own a home, work toward early retirement--recent generations have been told that the next generation will not be able to achieve these goals, that things are getting--or are on the verge of getting--worse. In American Nightmares, Best addresses the apprehension that we face every day as we are bombarded with threats that the social institutions we count on are imperiled. Our schools are failing to teach our kids. Healthcare may soon be harder to obtain. We can't bank on our retirement plans. And our homes--still the largest chunk of most people's net worth--may lose much of their value. Our very way of life is being threatened! Or is it? With a steady voice and keen focus, Best examines how a culture develops fears and fantasies and how these visions are created and recreated in every generation. By dismantling current ideas about the future, collective memory, and sociology's marginalization in the public square, Best sheds light on how social problems--and our anxiety about them--are socially constructed"--Provided by publisher.
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001394639 650_0 $$aAnxiety$$xSocial aspects$$zUnited States.
001394639 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xSocial conditions.
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