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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الصفحة xi
... system from the point of view of the political system it- self and of its citizens , with their own traditionally given val- ues and aspirations . The conclusion is that in terms of these values , the American political system ...
... system from the point of view of the political system it- self and of its citizens , with their own traditionally given val- ues and aspirations . The conclusion is that in terms of these values , the American political system ...
الصفحة xii
... political system is the congenital tendency of its dominant ele- ments to operate simultaneously at two different ... system . But it is the division between them that most cripples American politics by infecting all its controlling ...
... political system is the congenital tendency of its dominant ele- ments to operate simultaneously at two different ... system . But it is the division between them that most cripples American politics by infecting all its controlling ...
الصفحة xiii
... political system , should we make the effort to cut through it ? Why not be content to join the celebratory chorus ... political ex- perience that can be construed in positive ways . There is much about American politics for which ...
... political system , should we make the effort to cut through it ? Why not be content to join the celebratory chorus ... political ex- perience that can be construed in positive ways . There is much about American politics for which ...
الصفحة xiv
... political system are over- due . That kind of analysis and interpretation by distinguished scholars has been attempted sporadically in the past . It now appears to be des- perately necessary and surely should be widely encouraged among ...
... political system are over- due . That kind of analysis and interpretation by distinguished scholars has been attempted sporadically in the past . It now appears to be des- perately necessary and surely should be widely encouraged among ...
الصفحة xv
... political reform or reconstruction . The reader may therefore want to bear in mind some suggestions for practical change in the American political system . Here is a list of possi- bilities . Some of them have been widely discussed ...
... political reform or reconstruction . The reader may therefore want to bear in mind some suggestions for practical change in the American political system . Here is a list of possi- bilities . Some of them have been widely discussed ...
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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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