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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... problem is to back up that evaluation not with a long bill of particulars but with critical explanatory analysis that es- tablishes comprehensively the whys and wherefores of its validity . How can we , in this era of post ...
... problem is to back up that evaluation not with a long bill of particulars but with critical explanatory analysis that es- tablishes comprehensively the whys and wherefores of its validity . How can we , in this era of post ...
الصفحة xiii
... problems amply jus- tify increasing public concern over whether the American political system . will be able to meet , even in minimal ways , the challenges that loom ahead : economic problems on an international scale , population and ...
... problems amply jus- tify increasing public concern over whether the American political system . will be able to meet , even in minimal ways , the challenges that loom ahead : economic problems on an international scale , population and ...
الصفحة xiv
... problems never adequately faced in the past , such as racism , urban decay , street and white - collar crime , chronic ... problem , in a word , is patriotism . Excessive patriotism , emotional , possessive , and self - righteous — the ...
... problems never adequately faced in the past , such as racism , urban decay , street and white - collar crime , chronic ... problem , in a word , is patriotism . Excessive patriotism , emotional , possessive , and self - righteous — the ...
الصفحة xvi
... problems . This is a supremely difficult and radical sugges- tion . It would require rethinking the most profound fundamentals of American political thought and commitment . It would entail recast- ing the powers and responsibilities of ...
... problems . This is a supremely difficult and radical sugges- tion . It would require rethinking the most profound fundamentals of American political thought and commitment . It would entail recast- ing the powers and responsibilities of ...
الصفحة xvii
... problems fester . So I seize the opportunity to speak again , but this time I feel I am grasping a nettle . I have resisted the urge to rewrite extensively . I have tried to keep the book's central message , xvii terse and direct ...
... problems fester . So I seize the opportunity to speak again , but this time I feel I am grasping a nettle . I have resisted the urge to rewrite extensively . I have tried to keep the book's central message , xvii terse and direct ...
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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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