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Title: WHY AMERICANS HATE POLITICS: THE DEATH OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS by E.J. Dionne ISBN: 0-671-77877-3 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.92 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An explanation for how we got where we are
Comment: Looking at some of the negative reviews on this page, I have to wonder whether these readers read the same book I did. I though Dionne's book was a political opus and the large number of awards it has received encourages my judgement. What Dionne explains is how we got to where we are today (or at least to 1992 when the book was written). This includes the ideological spectrum, the travels of each political party, and most importantly, why our people are so disgusted with politics. Because he is a liberal, Dionne's criticisms of his ideology and his explanations for the political failure of liberalism are particularly credible and insightful. I heartily recommend this book. If you share my opinion, see Robert Samuelson's "The Good Life and Its Discontents."
Rating: 5
Summary: could show a thing or two to some textbooks I know....
Comment: "Why Americans Hate Politics" is a brilliant treatment of the major themes of American politics of the last 50 or so years from today's best political journalist. This book showcases exactly what is so good about Dionne's Washington Post columns: insights that are always penetrating, and never anodyne.
Dionne nicely handles a wide spectrum of issues, such as feminism, the resurgence of religion in politics, supply side economics and the divisions in both modern liberalism and conservatism. At the same time, Dionne provides depth, breadth and context that are uncharacteristic of many textbooks that cover the same period. Dionne does not heed the traditional fissures between political history, intellectual history, economic history and civil rights history. Because of this tack, Dionne effectively conveys just how much was going on at any point in American political life.
Finally, I appreciated Dionne's willingness both to mention and cite other works that provide a more thorough treatment of given subjects. Among the many titles I got from reading Dionne's book were Nicol Rae's "The Decline and Fall of Liberal Republicans," Kevin Phillip's "The Politics of Rich and Poor" and John Richard Neuhaus' "The Naked Public Square." Any book that gives me three suggestions of three more "must read" titles gets extra points.
Rating: 5
Summary: Interesting
Comment: This books is any easy read, but it covers the subject well. The author explains the ways that political parties have evolved in the last 20 years and demonstrates why Americans feel less connection with the political process.
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Title: Power Game by HEDRICK SMITH ISBN: 0345410483 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Paradox of American Democracy: Elites, Special Interests, and the Betrayal of the Public Trust by John B. Judis ISBN: 041593026X Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Sleepwalking Through History: America in the Reagan Years by Haynes Johnson, Haynes Bonner Johnson ISBN: 0393324346 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 16 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: No Place for Amateurs: How Political Consultants Are Reshaping American Democracy by Dennis W. Johnson ISBN: 0415928362 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: February, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Tell Newt to Shut Up : Prize-Winning Washington Post Journalists Reveal How Reality Gagged the Gingrich Revolution by David Maraniss, Michael Weisskopf ISBN: 0684832933 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 13 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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