Stephen C Craig

Broken Contract?

Changing Relationships Between Americans And Their Government

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Produktbeschreibung

Describing the elements of voter disaffection, party decline, mass mediation, social conflict and government by referendum which are prevalent in US politics, these essays offer a perspective on what is happening, how the present situation has been reached, and what the future may hold.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 652g
• ISBN-13: 9780367314705
• ISBN-10: 0367314703
• Artikelnr.: 57732418

Inhaltsangabe

1 Change and the American Electorate
Part 1 Attitudes
2 Looking at Leviathan: Dimensions of Opinion About Big Government
3 The Angry Voter: Politics and Popular Discontent in the 1990s
4 Economic Change and the Middle
Class Revolt Against the Democratic Party
Part 2 Involvement
5 The Sixth American Party System: Electoral Change, 1952
1992
6 Public Judgment and Political Engagement in the 1992 Election
7 Who's Talking? Who's Listening? The New Politics of Radio Talk Shows
8 Citizens for Perot: Assessing Patterns of Alienation and Activism
Part 3 Groups
9 The Gender Gap: A Manifestation of Women's Dissatisfaction with the American Polity?
10
The Religious Vote in American Politics: Value Conflict, Continuity, and Change
11 The Social Contract in Black and White: Racial Differences in Evaluations of Government
Part 4 Linkage
12 The Electoral Connection: Images of U.S. Senators and Representatives
13 From Ward Heelers to Public Relations Experts: The Parties' Response to Mass Politics
14 Who's the Boss? Direct Democracy and Popular Control of Government