Steven Rosefielde

Democracy and its Elected Enemies (eBook, ePUB)

American Political Capture and Economic Decline

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Democracy and its Elected Enemies reveals that American politicians have usurped their constitutional authority, substituting their economic and political sovereignty for the people's. This has been accomplished by creating an enormous public service sector operating in the material interest of politicians themselves and of their big business and big social advocacy confederates to the detriment of workers, the middle class and the non-political rich, jeopardizing the nation's security in the process. Steven Rosefielde and Daniel Quinn Mills contend that this usurpation is the source of America's economic decline and fading international power, and provide an action plan for restoring 'true' democracy in which politicians only provide the services people vote for within the civil and property rights protections set forth in the constitution.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781107702547
• Artikelnr.: 52833464

Autorenporträt

Steven Rosefielde is a Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. His most recent books include Russia in the 21st Century: The Prodigal Superpower (Cambridge University Press, 2005), Masters of Illusion: American Leadership in the Media Age (with Daniel Quinn Mills, Cambridge University Press, 2007), Russia Since 1980 (with Stefan Hedlund, Cambridge University Press, 2009), Red Holocaust (2010), Two Asias (edited with Masaaki Kuboniwa and Satoshi Mizobata, 2012), Prevention and Crisis Management (edited with Masaaki Kuboniwa and Satoshi Mizobata, 2012), and Asian Economic Systems. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Challenge of American Politocracy: 1. Hard times
2. Democracy
3. Politocracy
4. Silver lining?
5. Road to ruin
6. Burden and spoils
7. Treadmill of reform
Part II. How Politocracy Drives American Policy: 8. Subprime mortgage crisis
9. Foreign imbroglios
10. Transnationalism
Part III. Democratic Retreat and Revival: 11. Global retreat
12. Recovering lost ground.