Michael J. Piore
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Beyond Individualism: How Social Demands of the New Identity Groups Challenge American Political and
Michael J. Piore
The Reagan and Bush years left us with a troublesome dilemma: how to balance our budget deficit against our social deficit. This book takes up the urgent question of how, in a time of budgetary stringency, we can meet the pent-up demand for spending on our nation’s neglected poor, ill, and disadvantaged, old and young.
Michael Piore’s response is to develop a new social theory that balances individual preferences against the claims and responsibilities of the community. By explaining the role of groups in economic and social life, this theory makes sense of a…
