Call it sin or motivated reasoning and confirmation bias, the bottom line is that all of us are what Niebuhr calls “Children of Light.” We are all vain and self-righteous about our beliefs and values. Reinhold Niebuhr helps us understand what is wrong with our politics and research into the workings of the brain confirms his analysis. The Seven Democratic Virtues What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy (Hardcover) by Christopher Beem Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 2022 by Pennsylvania State University Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-4-9, ISBN: 4-3 "Outlines specific steps that average American citizens can take to reduce political polarization and safeguard democratic institutions."ĭemocratic Humility Reinhold Niebuhr, Neuroscience, and America's Political Crisis by Christopher Beem Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2015 by Lexington Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-1142-1, ISBN: 1-4985-1142-2 "American politics is in a state of crisis but it is not clear why. Work schedules and demands continue to reflect a time when at least one parent stayed home, women remain underpaid relative to men on average, and public schools still base their hours on an agrarian calendar.
While many aspects of work have changed dramatically over the last few decades, society has struggled to adapt, to the detriment of working families. Unfinished Work (Updated) Building Equality And Democracy In An Era Of Working Families by Jody Heymann, Christopher Beem, Heymann Beem Paperback, 479 Pages, Published 2005 by New Press, The ISBN-13: 978-1-56584-922-8, ISBN: 1-56584-922-1 "Leading experts reflect on the changing nature of work and family life. By eliminating entitlement and setting behavioral conditions on aid, welfare reform challenges our understanding. Much research has examined the implications of welfare reform for the economic well-being of the poor, but the new legislation also affects our view of democracy-and how it ought to function. Mead Hardcover, 296 Pages, Published 2006 by Russell Sage Foundation ISBN-13: 978-0-87154-595-4, ISBN: 0-87154-595-0 "During the 1990s, both the United States and Britain shifted from entitlement to work-based systems for supporting their poor citizens. Welfare Reform and Political Theory by Christopher Beem, Lawrence M. Christopher Beem argues that while the movement's goals ar. The Necessity of Politics (1st Edition) Reclaiming American Public Life (Morality and Society Series) by Christopher Beem, Jean Bethke Elshtain Paperback, 322 Pages, Published 2000 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-6-9, ISBN: 6-8 "Even in the midst of an economic boom, most Americans would agree that our civic institutions are hard pressed and that we are growing ever more cynical and disconnected from one another.In response to this bleak assessment, advocates of "civil society" argue that rejuvenating our neighborhoods, churches, and community associations will lead to a more moral, civic-minded polity.
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