Why Americans Hate PoliticsSimon and Schuster, 2004 - 432 pages In this new edition of his national bestseller, E. J. Dionne brings up to date his influential proposals for a politics that can and must find a balance between rights and obligations, between responsibility and compassion. All over the United States, Americans are deserting the political process. Why? In this national bestseller, one of our shrewdest political observers traces thirty years of volatile political history and finds that on point after point, liberals and conservatives are framing issues as a series of "false choices, " making it impossible for politicians to solve problems, and alienating voters in the process. Now with a new afterword discussing the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings and the 1992 presidential election, Dionne explores what has gone wrong with the American system and offers a back-to-basics approach to politics designed to respond to the anger of America's restive majority. From the New, Updated Introduction: "At the heart of Why Americans Hate Politics is the view that ideas shape politics far more than most accounts of public life usually allow. I believe ideas matter not only to elites and intellectuals, but also to rank and file voters. Indeed, I often think that the rank and file see the importance of ideas more clearly than the elites, who often find themselves surprised by the rise of the movements that arise from the bottom up and shape our politics." |
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... tion tended to vote Republican for president , to express its cultural val- ues , but ( at least until 1994 ) Democratic for Congress , to protect its economic interests . Conservative politicians have always been uneasy about settling ...
... tion tended to vote Republican for president , to express its cultural val- ues , but ( at least until 1994 ) Democratic for Congress , to protect its economic interests . Conservative politicians have always been uneasy about settling ...
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... tion abroad . The rise of the cultural issues made the upper - middle- class reformers the dominant voices within American liberalism . The reformers , no less than the conservatives , had a continuing interest in seeing the cultural ...
... tion abroad . The rise of the cultural issues made the upper - middle- class reformers the dominant voices within American liberalism . The reformers , no less than the conservatives , had a continuing interest in seeing the cultural ...
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... tion is shaping up to be a ratification not of conservatism but of Clintonism - and will be so even if the Republicans win . " No one was more attentive to the shifting ground than George W. Bush . Consider the difference between Bush's ...
... tion is shaping up to be a ratification not of conservatism but of Clintonism - and will be so even if the Republicans win . " No one was more attentive to the shifting ground than George W. Bush . Consider the difference between Bush's ...
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... tion , and most Americans were satisfied with Clinton's stewardship over public life - if not his own . Clinton was also blessed by the behav- ior of his enemies . The country decided that if it had to choose between special prosecutor ...
... tion , and most Americans were satisfied with Clinton's stewardship over public life - if not his own . Clinton was also blessed by the behav- ior of his enemies . The country decided that if it had to choose between special prosecutor ...
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... tion . As the battle went on , Democrats became steadily angrier at the Republicans ' tactics . In a sense , the Florida battle allowed a Democratic rage that had seethed below the surface during the impeachment fight to emerge purified ...
... tion . As the battle went on , Democrats became steadily angrier at the Republicans ' tactics . In a sense , the Florida battle allowed a Democratic rage that had seethed below the surface during the impeachment fight to emerge purified ...
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III | 31 |
IV | 55 |
VI | 77 |
VII | 98 |
VIII | 116 |
X | 145 |
XI | 147 |
XIII | 170 |
XVII | 259 |
XIX | 283 |
XXI | 300 |
XXIII | 327 |
XXIV | 329 |
XXVII | 356 |
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