critical readings in American politics Grover, William F. 1956- editor Peschek, Joseph G. 1952- editor text bibliography nyu New York Longman c2002 2002 4th ed. monographic eng

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vi, 378 p. ; 24 cm. ch. 1. Democracy and political economy -- 1. This land is your land / Jim Hightower -- 2. The market as prison / Charles E. Lindblom -- 3. Why does the air stink : corporate power and public policy / Dan Clawson, Alan Neustadtl, Mark Weller -- 4. Global ecology and the common good / John Bellamy Foster -- ch. 2. Ideology and political culture -- 5. What is the American dream / Jennifer L. Hochschild -- 6. Liberal individualism and the crisis of citizenship / Robert N. Bellah, Richard Madsen, William M. Sullivan, Ann Swidler, Steven M. Tipton -- 7. Power of majority opinion in America over thought / Alexis De Tocqueville -- 8. The common good / Noam Chomsky -- 9. It's the media, stupid / Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols -- ch. 3. Constitutional and state structures -- 10. American exceptionalism : the politics of fragmentation / Joshua Cohen and Joel Rogers -- 11. The dark side of the Constitution -- 12. How the Constitution is paralyzing American democracy / Daniel Lazare -- 13. Some truths are not self-evident / Howard Zinn -- ch. 4. Congress -- 14. Congress and big business / John C. Berg -- 15. RIP for democratic politics / Benjamin Ginsberg and Martin Shefter -- 16. Let the lobby boys in / David Maranaiss and Michael Weisskopf -- 17. Congress and movement-building : Bernie Sanders and the Congressional Progressive caucus / William F. Grover -- ch. 5. The Presidency -- 18. The limits of presidential power / Michael A. Genovese -- 19. The presidential spectacle / Bruce Miroff -- 20. Star wars II : here we go again / Michelle Ciarrocca and William D. Hartung -- 21. Perilous restoration : the election of 2000 and the presidency of George W. Bush / Joseph G. Peschek -- ch. 6. Law and the courts -- 22. corporations, the law, and democracy / Carl Swidorski -- 23. Is free speech the enemy of democracy / Cass R. Sunstein -- 24. Race, the courts, and justice / Patricia J. Williams -- 25. Women's rights and the cultural defense argument / Nina Schuyler -- ch. 7. Parties and elections -- 26. Why Americans still don't vote / Frances Fox Piven and Richard A. Cloward -- 27. Finding the lost voters / Micah L. Sifry -- 28. America's forgotten majority / Joel Rogers and Ruy Teixeira -- 29. The incredible shrinking sound bite / Kiku Adatto -- 30. Making every vote count : a case for proportional representation / Douglas J. Amy -- ch. 8. Political challenges at home and abroad -- 31. The shaky American dream : the perils of the growing American wealth gap / Holly Sklar, Betsy Leondar-Wright, Chuck Collins -- 32. Doing it for ourselves : can feminism survive class polarization / Barbara Ehrenreich -- 33. Beyond ramps : charity and economic rights in collision / Marta Russell -- 34. Workin' on the chain gang / Walter Mosley -- 35. Global agenda : the WTO, globalization, and the threat to democracy / William Greider -- ch. 9. Personal responsibility and democratic citizenship -- 36. Letter from Birmingham jail / Martin Luther King -- 37. The possibility of hope / Howard Zinn -- 38. Why unions matter / Elaine Bernard -- 39. After the deluge : electoral reform in the wake of the election of 200 / Lani Guinier -- 40. Closing the democracy gap / Ralph Nader. [edited by] William F. Grover, Joseph G. Peschek. Includes bibliographical references. n-us--- United States Politics and government Estados Unidos Política y gobierno JK 21 V889 2002 320.973 032107839X (pbk.) 9780321078391 (pbk.) DLC 010104 20230410105300.0 spa