TY - BOOK AU - Schwartz,Joseph M TI - Future of democratic equality : rebuilding social solidarity in a fragmented America SN - 9780415944656 AV - JC575 .S364 2009 U1 - 320.973011 22 PY - 2009/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - Equality KW - United States KW - Democracy KW - Solidarity N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-211) and index; Introduction: bringing "difference" and "identity" back into concern for democratic equality -- From domestic to global solidarity -- Post-structuralist political theory: living in an unreal world: where's you? Me? Agency? -- Can a "politics of difference" (or "identity politics") ground a radical democratic conception of justice -- The rise of global "casino capitalism": short-term financial profit versus long-term equitable growth -- Does globalization necessitate the demise of democratic egalitarian politics? -- Racism, difference, and the problematic politics of social solidarity -- Conclusion: ending the false antinomy of "difference" and "equality": toward an egalitarian democratic pluralism ER -