Political science: Moral dialogues and our understanding of American politics

Abstract

This commentary focuses on the connection between Etzioni’s moral dialogues conception and the concepts of social capital, civil society and the ultimate outcome to be anticipated from the election of Donald Trump in 2016. The optimist view that a progressive social movement is in the making is called somewhat into question given the well documented decline in the very institutions and trust-based norms essential for the moral dialogues in question to transpire.

Keywords:

• Civil society
• Social capital
• Moral dialogues
• Diversity within unity
• Post-2016 election resistance