A Declaration of Interdependence

Great societies, this book holds, are marked by essential core values: the social contract that enhances its citizen's lives; an honest and enlightened economy; a vital public realm; and a recognition that the world is an interdependent place, one best governed under international law. With the triumph of conservatism in America, each of these values has withered. Rampant materialism, corporate corruption, the failure of government regulation, an unquestioning faith in American exceptionalism and a conviction that America must go it alone are all in the saddle. Hutton claims that America is not going in the right direction. To turn it around - to secure health services and decent work for all Americans, to build faith in the economy, to close the gap between rich and poor, to restore in short, the American dream - America needs to reclaim these values. It could not do better in that task than to renew its historic philosophical partnership with today's Europe, which, according to this title, has chosen a better compass.

ISBN 0393057259   DEWEY 330.973 ISBN13 9780393057256 (What's this?)   Pages 416 Publisher W W Norton & Co Ltd   Volumes 1 Imprint W W Norton & Co Ltd   Weight (grammes) 630 Format Hardback   Published in London Publication date 20 May 2003   Height (mm) 245 Library of Congress 2002154392   Width (mm) 167

		Preface and Acknowledgments to the American Edition
		Acknowledgments
		Introduction to the British Edition		3
1		The Reckoning		7
2		Custodians of the Light		31
3		Waging War without Blood: The Collapse of American Liberalism		66
4		Greed Isn't Good for You		98
5		To Those Who Have Shall Be Given		130
6		The Globalization of Conservatism		159
7		Britain in the American Bear Hug		189
8		Europe Works		218
9		Siblings under the Skin		238
		Conclusion		266
		Notes		283
		References		295
		Index		309

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