Posts Tagged as ‘government’

June 3, 2008

Moderate is Best (in moderation)

I’m very intrigued by this recent article from the NYT’s Sociology category; the reason I’m a social scientist is because I’m fascinated by separatist movements, the design of federal governments, and what constitutes an appropriately-sized nation-state.
The authors of the book reviewed argue that, for the past 30 years, a “Big Sort” has been balkanizing Americans [...]