Society on the Run: A European View of Life in America

Triumph or Resignation?; (Post-) Modern Democracy; Pursuit of Happiness; Money, Part I Motor and Nemesis of Democracy; Money, Part II Democratizing Money; The Existential Runner; The Oral Society; Pragmatism and Fundamentalism; Elections and Parties; Plebiscite and Participation; Astrocracy and Bureaucracy; The Imperial Presidency; Pax Americana Part I Mission to Save the World; Pax Americana Part II Militarizing the Society; A State of Law(yers); The Media; The Flirtation with the End of History; Social Decline, Poverty, and Crime; Reality and Fiction; Wild at Heart; Life Is Fun Part I The Pathology of Happiness; Life Is Fun, Part II Outlook

A study of the United States and its political culture. The author contends that democracy exists at the level of political institutions and processes in the US as well as in its private sector.