Baby Boomers

by Paul Charles Light

Overview

"Is any common ground shared by yuppies and the homeless, or by Dan Quayle and advocates of gay rights? To these and other questions, Paul C. Light's book provides some provocative answers." —Andrew Hacker, New York Times Book Review

The generation of those born between 1946 and 1964 already makes up an overwhelming 60 percent of the electorate. Faced with a shrinking future, this diverse group confronts daunting challenges. Here is an in-depth look at this generation’s situation and some of its options.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393306392
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	03/17/1990
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Paul Light is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at New York University and founding director of the Center for Public Service at the Brookings Institution.

Editorial Reviews

In this study of ``the most analyzed, overgeneralized, stereotyped, and caricatured generation'' in American history, Light, a social scientist and special adviser to U.S. Senator John Glenn, focuses primarily on the political agendaor lack of itof this politically uncommitted generation. Using wide-ranging demographic research that includes public opinion surveys, he tries to explain how baby boomers have been shaped by their unique social and political history. He discusses their differences from other generations, as well as their very real inter -generational differences, often glossed over in popular accounts. Of interest to sociologists, political scientists, and students of popular culture. Marie Marmo Mullaney, Caldwell Coll., N.J.

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