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Just how stupid are we? : facing the truth about the American voter / Rick Shenkman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shenkman, Richard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political participation--United States--History--21st century.
- Political participation.
- Political culture--United States--History--21st century.
- Political culture.
- United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
- United States.
- United States--Civilization--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, c2008.
- Summary:
- Fifty percent of Americans can name four characters from ?The Simpsons," but only two out of five can name all three branches of the federal government. No more than one in seven can find Iraq on a map. Just how stupid are we? Pretty stupid.In Just How Stupid Are We?, best-selling author Rick Shenkman takes aim at our great national piety: the wisdom of the American people. American democracy is as direct as it's ever been?but voters are misusing, abusing, and abdicating their political power. At once a powerful indictment of voter apathy and political indifference, Just How
- Contents:
- The problem
- Gross ignorance
- Are the voters irrational?
- The importance of myths
- Giving control to the people
- The power of television
- Our dumb politics : the big picture
- Our mindless debate about 9-11
- We can't even talk about how stupid we are.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-228) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-44950-8
- 9786612449505
- 0-465-01257-4
- 0-7867-4450-2
- OCLC:
- 694729345
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