The Last Half-Century: Societal Change and Politics in America

by Morris Janowitz

Book Overview

The Last Half-Century represents the culmination of a lifetime of scholarship by Morris Janowitz. In this comprehensive and systematic analysis of the major trends in American society during the past fifty years, he probes the weakening of popular party affiliations and the increased inability of elected representatives to rule. Centering his work on the crucial concept of social control, Janowitz orders and assesses a vast amount of empirical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226393062
• ISBN13: 9780226393063
• Release Date: June 1979
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 598 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"