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America in the 21st Century: Finding Harmony Between Economic and Social Goals

Bennett, Janet
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1560435084084927

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1998, Doctor of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management.
As we enter the 21st century, Americans have much of which to be proud: we are seen as the strongest and most influential country in the world; our way of life-everything from clothes to movies to economic policies-are seen as the ideal to which many people in other countries aspire. But America also has a dark side: people who must eat out of garbage cans and sleep on sidewalks; urban areas that are unsafe places in which to live; schools that are crumbling around students who have lost their inspiration; and mass media that sell sex, violence and bad news. America today is a society of contrasts-for those people who are making it, the world looks fine as long as they can protect themselves; for those who are not, the world that they live in is often dark, dangerous, and depressing. Given this reality, are we as a society succeeding or failing? How might we do better? This paper attempts to tackle this question by using a different lens­ inessence a different paradigm-to view and assess the forces that are currently shaping our culture, and, if left unaltered, will also shape our future. The intention of seeing things through a new lens is simple: when things are viewed in a new light, different ways of seeing and doing often become more visible. It seems timely to view our society with new eyes.
John D. Aram, Ph.D. (Advisor)
Economics

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  • Bennett, J. (1998). America in the 21st Century: Finding Harmony Between Economic and Social Goals [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1560435084084927

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bennett, Janet. America in the 21st Century: Finding Harmony Between Economic and Social Goals. 1998. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1560435084084927.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bennett, Janet. "America in the 21st Century: Finding Harmony Between Economic and Social Goals." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 1998. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1560435084084927

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