Ages Of Discord by Peter Turchin
A Structural-Demographic Analysis of American History
Using structural-demographic theory, this work analyzes cycles of social cohesion and instability in U.S. history, linking waves of inequality, elite overproduction, popular immiseration, and fiscal stress to recurring periods of political crisis. Drawing on extensive historical and quantitative data, it traces a trajectory from early national consolidation through Gilded Age turmoil, mid-20th-century integration, and a renewed disintegrative phase beginning in the late 20th century. It argues that rising polarization, stagnant or declining real wages for many, and intensifying elite competition are symptoms of a broader systemic cycle, and suggests that mitigating inequality and rebuilding state capacity are key to restoring stability.
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- 2016
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- American
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- English
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