Voices of dissent : critical readings in American politics /
Voices of dissent : critical readings in American politics /
[edited by] William F. Grover, Joseph G. Peschek.
- 4th ed.
- New York : Longman, c2002.
- vi, 378 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
032107839X (pbk.) 9780321078391 (pbk.)
United States--Politics and government.
Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno
JK 21 / V889 2002
320.973
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
032107839X (pbk.) 9780321078391 (pbk.)
United States--Politics and government.
Estados Unidos--Política y gobierno
JK 21 / V889 2002
320.973