David Batstone, Eduardo Mendieta

"The insights on racial influences and immigration and citizenship rights are debated in essays which are powerful and insightful." -- The Midwest Book Review"Thoughtful and thought-provoking essays on a topic of inestimable importance." -- Kirkus Reviews"This collection of essays by nine intellectuals is thought-provoking, passionate, and stirring...this is required reading for all citizens." -- Library Journal

• Introduction: What Does it Mean to be an American?; 1. The Moral Obligations of Living in a Democratic Society, Cornel West; 2. The Ethics of Polarization in the United Staes and the World, Robert N. Bellah; 3. Virtually Democratic: Twenty Essentials for the Citizen in a Network Society, David Batstone; 4. The Crime of Innocence, Barbara Christian; 5. The Crisis of Values in America: Its Manipulation by the Right and its Invisibility to the Left, Michael Lerner; 6. Race at the End of History, Ronald Takaki; 7. Latina/o Identity Politics, Linda Martín Alcoff; 8. Becoming Citizens, Becoming Hispanics, Eduardo Mendieta; 9. Contagious Word: Paranoia and Homosexuality in the Military, JudithButler; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Index of Names