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"Libertarianism" published on by Oxford University Press.

"Basic Income" published on by Oxford University Press.

"Telecommunications are moving from the traditional monopoly, by way of a 'network of networks', to a 'system of systems' in which users are served by systems integrators that access each other. This environment will not be the 'end of history' as far as regulation is concerned, and government is not likely to disappear from this area. It would be naive to expect less regulatory tasks. Liberalization does not mean libertarianism." (author's abstract)

Argues that, contrary to advocates of the culture war thesis, there is not a great deal of polarization in US culture at the group & ideology levels. Proposed is a multidimensional model that understands the cultural battleground as one cross-cut along two dimensions: modernism/traditionalism & libertarianism/communalism. In a case study of the cultural conflict among US Mennonites, it is shown that this conceptualization better maps the existing cultural space in the US than static one-dimensional models, because it includes a role for fringe groups to influence the mainstream & opens space for inner-group conflict. While evidence exists for an increased polarization in US culture, it is concluded that efforts on both the Left & the Right to theorize this conflict have been overly simplistic & thus more politically expedient than helpful in imagining ways to reduce this tension. 2 Figures, 39 References. D. M. Ryfe