Downsizing the U.S.A

by Naylor, Thomas H.; Willimon, William H.

• ISBN13: 9780802843302
• ISBN10: 0802843301
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

Naylor and William argue that our government, our cities, our corporations, our schools, our churches, our military, and our social welfare system are all too big, too powerful, too intrusive, too insular, and too unresponsive to the needs of individual citizens and small local communities. They propose specific strategies for decentralizing and downsizing virtually every major institution in America, including America itself. The authors audaciously call for the peaceful dissolution of the United States through secession and provide a thoughtful game plan for achieving this controversial objective.

Table of Contents

In the Beginning	1	(8)
1. The State of the Union	9	(19)
2. The Meltdown of Corporate America	28	(20)
3. Urban America: Modern-Day Tower of Babel	48	(28)
4. Rural America: Our Last Hope	76	(18)
5. Digitizing America's Schoolkids	94	(28)
6. The Crisis in Higher Education: Metaphor for America	122	(15)
7. Give Me That Old-Time Religion	137	(18)
8. Our Moribund Welfare State	155	(27)
9. Mighty Morphin Superpowers	182	(21)
10. Our States: Toothless Paper Tigers	203	(34)
11. Dissolution, Not Devolution	237	(22)
12. Empowering the Powerless	259	(26)
Index of Names	285