Poverty Of Amer Pol 2Nd EdTemple University Press, 25/06/2010 - 368 من الصفحات Maintaining that the American political system is not working well enough to inspire confidence that it can meet the challenges o four time, H. Mark Roelofs attributes that failure, not to its practitioners, but to its very design. He sees that system as split between its legitimizing self-image, social democracy, and its operational element, liberal democracy. Based on his novel understanding of the American political system, Roelofs presents a devastating and closely reasoned critique that traces our nation's political ills to fundamental flaws in the very design of its founding principles, the character of its major institutions, and the basic pattern of its processes. Dissecting our political and societal problems, he explains the limitations and basic contributions arising from the social democratic/liberal democratic dichotomy that result in our current political poverty. While Roelofs's analysis remains the same as in the earlier edition, in this revised edition he has sharpened and extended the argument and expanded and updated his illustrative materials. Improved bibliographical citations and new diagrams make the book an even more useful teaching tool. |
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... concept why American politics is a poor sort of politics — to demonstrate intellectually , not just empirically , its poverty . It is , in short , an interpretation of the theory of American poli- tics , and it is that theory that is ...
... concept why American politics is a poor sort of politics — to demonstrate intellectually , not just empirically , its poverty . It is , in short , an interpretation of the theory of American poli- tics , and it is that theory that is ...
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... concepts are learned understandings , ideas about what it means to be a citizen , congressman , judge , president ... concept that makes possible the spatial experiencing of , say , apples , one must start with an actual apple . Then ...
... concepts are learned understandings , ideas about what it means to be a citizen , congressman , judge , president ... concept that makes possible the spatial experiencing of , say , apples , one must start with an actual apple . Then ...
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... concepts that will enable us to grasp each opposing side . Myth is one such concept . It legitimizes government . Ideology is another . It defines governmental power and guides its operation . But these terms need to be carefully de ...
... concepts that will enable us to grasp each opposing side . Myth is one such concept . It legitimizes government . Ideology is another . It defines governmental power and guides its operation . But these terms need to be carefully de ...
الصفحة 11
... always relative to the cul- tural content in which it appears . Taking apart this riddle will yield for us the distinction between myth on the one hand 11 and ideology on the other , the two great concepts Copyrighted Material 1. Power.
... always relative to the cul- tural content in which it appears . Taking apart this riddle will yield for us the distinction between myth on the one hand 11 and ideology on the other , the two great concepts Copyrighted Material 1. Power.
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H. Roelofs. and ideology on the other , the two great concepts on which the whole analysis of American politics in this book is built . We must proceed to their definition with care . Power and Force Power is a loose word . America is ...
H. Roelofs. and ideology on the other , the two great concepts on which the whole analysis of American politics in this book is built . We must proceed to their definition with care . Power and Force Power is a loose word . America is ...
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II Institutions and OHicers | 87 |
III The Poverty of American Politics | 195 |
Diagrams of the Argument | 259 |
Postscript to the First Edition | 269 |
Postscript to the Second Edition | 271 |
Notes | 275 |
Index | 305 |
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