The third century : America as a post-industrial society

1 Predicting the Future of Post Industrial Society

Seymour Martin Lipset 1

2 The Continuing Demographic Revolution in Industrial Societies

Kingsley Davis 37

3 Religion and the American Future

Peter L Berger 65

4 Constitutionalism Federalism and the Post Industrial American Polity

Daniel J Elazar 79

5 Judicial Activism

Martin Shapiro 109

6 The Prophylactic Presidency

Sanford Weiner and Aaron Wildavsky 133

7 The American Party System Today

Everett Carll Ladd Jr 153

8 The Future of the American Labor Movement

John T Dunlop 183

9 American Catholics The Post Immigrant Century

Andrew M Greeley 205

10 American Jews Three Conflicts of Loyalties

Nathan Glazer 223

11 The Black Community Is There a Future

Orlando Patterson 243

12 The Future of Women in Americas Third Century

Sheila K Johnson 285

13 The Future of the University

Robert Nisbet 303

14 The Adversary Culture of Intellectuals

Irving Kristol 327

15 The Mass Media in Post Industrial America

Stanley Rothman 345

16 Continuity and Change in the American National Character

Alex Inkeles 389

Notes 417

Notes on Contributors 455

Index 459