Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-294) and index.
Contents
"Malaise" -- Enter Ronald Reagan, pragmatic ideologue -- Reaganomics -- Greed is good? : the American business system in the eighties -- Social problems, societal issues -- The postmodern moment -- Culture war -- Combating the evil empire -- Winning the Cold War -- The eighties legacy : the recentering of politics and culture.