ISBN:
9781627795395
Language:
English
Pages:
305 Seiten
,
22 cm
Edition:
First edition
DDC:
324.2736
Keywords:
Democratic Party (U.S.)
;
Democratic Party
;
Geschichte 1980-2015
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
;
Liberalism
;
Politics, Practical
;
Elite (Social sciences) Political activity
;
Political culture
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
;
Politische Kultur
;
Liberalismus
;
Elite
;
Politisches Handeln
;
USA
;
Democratic Party
;
Liberalismus
;
Politisches Handeln
;
Politische Kultur
;
Democratic Party
;
Elite
;
Liberalismus
;
Politisches Handeln
;
Geschichte 1980-2015
Abstract:
"It is a widespread belief among liberals that if only Democrats can continue to dominate national elections, if only those awful Republicans are beaten into submission, the country will be on the right course. But this is to fundamentally misunderstand the modern Democratic Party. Drawing on years of research and first-hand reporting, Frank points out that the Democrats have done little to advance traditional liberal goals: expanding opportunity, fighting for social justice, and ensuring that workers get a fair deal. Indeed, they have scarcely dented the free-market consensus at all. This is not for lack of opportunity: Democrats have occupied the White House for sixteen of the last twenty-four years, and yet the decline of the middle class has only accelerated. Wall Street gets its bailouts, wages keep falling, and the free-trade deals keep coming. With his trademark sardonic wit and lacerating logic, Frank lays bare the essence of the Democratic Party's philosophy and how it has changed over the years. A form of corporate and cultural elitism has largely eclipsed the party's old working-class commitment, he finds. For certain favored groups, this has meant prosperity. But for the nation as a whole, it is a one-way ticket into the abyss of inequality. In this critical election year, Frank recalls the Democrats to their historic goals-the only way to reverse the ever-deepening rift between the rich and the poor in America"...
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-292) and index
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