An eminent political scientist's brilliant analysis of economic, social, and political trends over the past century demonstrating how we have gone from an individualistic ',I' society to a more communitarian ',We' society and then back again, and how we can learn from that experience to become a stronger, more unified nationfrom the author of Bowling Alone and Our Kids.Deep and accelerating inequality, unprecedented political polarization, vitriolic public discourse, a fraying social fabric, pu ...