'E pluribus unum' or 'E pluribus plura'?
Grabbe, Hans-Jürgen / Mauk, David / Moen, Ole / Hummel, Carsten / Nitz, Julia
The essays collected in this volume are derived from the 2008 EAAS biennial conference in Oslo. They explore the many-layered pluralism of American life by addressing questions like the following: How does the United States negotiate the inner tensions that, because of its constitutive diversity, might threaten its unity? How do traditions, modes of consensus building, the feeling of a wished-for common good counteract potential strife and the...