The paradox of American democracy
elites, special interests, and the betrayal of the public trust
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Word Count
76,250 words, Guess
Page Count
305 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL33760M
- ISBN-10067943254X
- OCLC Control Number41540170
- OCLC Control Numberparadoxofamerica0000judi
- Library of Congress Control Number99016821
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- LibraryThing268272
- Goodreads2140714
Classifications
- DDC320.973
- LCCJK1764 .J83 2000
Description
"The Paradox of American Democracy is a penetrating examination of our democracy that illuminates the forces and institutions that once enlivened it and now threaten to undermine it.". "Judis revisits particular moments - the Progressive Era, the New Deal, the 1960s - to discover what makes democracy most efficacious and, consequently, most inefficacious. What has worked in the past is a balancing act between groups of elites - trade commissions, labor relations boards, policy groups - whose mandates are to act in the national interest and whose actions are governed by a disinterested pursuit of the common good. Judis explains how the displacement of such elites by a new lobbying community in Washington has given rise to the cynicism that corrodes the current political system."--BOOK JACKET.
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