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Is American democracy in a death spiral? Why do Americans ignore political frauds and swallow pervasive lies from president after president, in campaign after campaign? In Attention Deficit Democracy, James Bovard diagnoses a national malady whose symptoms include a citizenry indifferent to facts and unable to judge when their rights are under attack.
He exposes the frightening national reality of absolute presidential power and argues that our current myopia has dire consequences for America's future. His is an authentic voice urging citizens to return to the principles of the Founding Fathers and to once again become the most important check against the abuse of power.
Is American democracy in a death spiral? Why do Americans ignore political frauds and swallow pervasive lies from president after president, in campaign after campaign? In Attention Deficit Democracy, James Bovard diagnoses a national malady whose symptoms include a citizenry indifferent to facts and unable to judge when their rights are under attack.
He exposes the frightening national reality of absolute presidential power and argues that our current myopia has dire consequences for America's future. His is an authentic voice urging citizens to return to the principles of the Founding Fathers and to once again become the most important check against the abuse of power.
James Bovard is the author of the classic Lost Rights and, most recently, The Bush Betrayal. He has written for The Wall Street Journal, American Spectator, New York Times, New Republic, Washington Post, and Newsweek, in addition to maintaining an active blog ([...]). He is also the author of Terrorism and Tyranny, Freedom in Chains, Feeling Your Pain, and The Fair Trade Fraud (all Palgrave Macmillan).
Ignorance and the Mirage of Informed Consent * Fearmongering and the Battered Citizen Syndrome * Messianic Democracy * Lying and Legitimacy * Torture and Absolute Power in Contemporary Government * Trusting Government at Any Cost * Elections as Reverse Slave Auctions * Democratic Delusions on Peace and Inevitability * Big Picture Myopia * Democracy vs. Liberty
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Politikwissenschaften |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9781403976666 |
| ISBN-10: | 140397666X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Bovard, James |
| Hersteller: | St. Martin's Griffin |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 18 mm |
| Von/Mit: | James Bovard |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 12.06.2007 |
| Gewicht: | 0,487 kg |
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