TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cowen,Tyler
TI  - The complacent class: the self-defeating quest for the American dream 
SN  - 9781250108708 (paperback)
AV  - HN 90  C874c 2017
U1  - 305.5/130973 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - St. Martin's Press
KW  - Social mobility
KW  - United States
KW  - Movilidad social
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Social classes
KW  - Clases sociales
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 1980-
KW  - Condiciones sociales
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 2009-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-231) and index; The complacent class and its dangers -- Why Americans have stopped moving, or is your hometown really so special? -- The reemergence of segregation -- Why Americans stopped creating -- The respite of the well-ordered match: love, music, and even your dog -- Why Americans stopped rioting and instead legalized marijuana -- How a dynamic society looks and feels -- Political stagnation, the dwindling of true democracy, and Alexis de Tocqueville as prophet of our time -- The return of chaos, and why the complacent class cannot hold
N2  - Examines the trend of Americans away from the traditionally mobile, risk-accepting, and adaptable tendencies that defined them for much of recent history, and toward stagnation and comfort, and how this development has the potential to make future changes more disruptive. --Publisher's description
ER  -