Description: Broken Contract? : Changing Relationships Between Americans and Their Government, Paperback by Craig, Stephen C. (EDT), ISBN 0813322634, ISBN-13 9780813322636, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In 1992, it was Bill Clinton's New Covenant. In 1994, it was the Republicans' Contract with America. In 1996, it is likely to be a whole new set of circumstances. Nonetheless, one theme will prevail: Citizens and their government distrust one another, and it will take major changes on both sides to restore confidence in the Contract? describes the elements of voter disaffection, party decline, mass mediation, social conflict, and government by referendum so prevalent in the politics of the 1990s. Original essays by leading scholars provide a unique perspective on what is happening today, how we arrived at this point, and what the future may hold if present trends continue. Highlights include innovative insights into the politics of disillusion along race, class, and gender lines; the ?Perot people? of '92, where they went in '94 and will go in '96; and ?talk-show democracy,? from Larry King to Rush Limbaugh and the power of Contract? is a volume with a finger on the pulse of the temperament of the times. It demonstrates, in an engaging and accessible fashion, that the Contract with America is neither the first nor the last bargain to be struck with the American public in an effort to mend its broken trust.
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Book Title: Broken Contract? : Changing Relationships Between Americans and T
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Broken Contract? : Changing Relationships between Americans and Their Government
Publisher: Routledge
Item Height: 0.4 in
Publication Year: 1996
Subject: Political Process / General, Sociology / General, History & Theory, General, American Government / General, American Government / National
Features: Revised
Item Weight: 16.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Stephen C Craig
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Transforming American Politics Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback