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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... sides on many issues . But good interpretation is not simply evaluative . Good interpretation is reasoned , analytical , ex- planatory evaluation . To this end . this book is an effort to identify and to take the measure of die American ...
... sides on many issues . But good interpretation is not simply evaluative . Good interpretation is reasoned , analytical , ex- planatory evaluation . To this end . this book is an effort to identify and to take the measure of die American ...
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... side of its great internal paradox , to a remarkable de- gree ; when it is under another kind of stress , it systematically switches over and functions on the other side of its paradox . Moreover , these two modes or styles of politics ...
... side of its great internal paradox , to a remarkable de- gree ; when it is under another kind of stress , it systematically switches over and functions on the other side of its paradox . Moreover , these two modes or styles of politics ...
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... side . They are constrained not only by the press and wayward public opinion but also by recalcitrant congressional committees steadfastly pursuing their own agendas . They are constrained by courts ready to trump major policies with ...
... side . They are constrained not only by the press and wayward public opinion but also by recalcitrant congressional committees steadfastly pursuing their own agendas . They are constrained by courts ready to trump major policies with ...
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... side of American politics . We will use the con- cept of ideology to grasp the working side of American government . We see the actual , practical , paradoxical historical tensions between Ameri- can myth and American ideology as the ...
... side of American politics . We will use the con- cept of ideology to grasp the working side of American government . We see the actual , practical , paradoxical historical tensions between Ameri- can myth and American ideology as the ...
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... be resolved by saying both sides are right . Not only can the president be shown to be both strong and weak , but Congress can be shown to be both inefficient and proficient . Strong cases can now be Copyrighted Material Introduction 7.
... be resolved by saying both sides are right . Not only can the president be shown to be both strong and weak , but Congress can be shown to be both inefficient and proficient . Strong cases can now be Copyrighted Material Introduction 7.
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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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