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Politics Inc. : America's troubled democracy and how to fix it / John Raidt ; foreword by General James N. Mattis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raidt, John, 1960- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democracy--United States.
- Democracy.
- Elections--Corrupt practices--United States.
- Elections.
- Liberty.
- Political culture--United States.
- Political culture.
- Voting--United States.
- Voting.
- Freedom.
- Elections--Corrupt practices.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- Medical Subjects:
- Freedom.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 pages)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2022.
- Other Title:
- Politics Incorporated
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]
- Summary:
- The book examines the dynamics driving the country's deeply troubled political culture and highlights reforms needed in the post-Trump era to strengthen US democracy. The author paints a clear and sobering portrait of a mercenary election industry and its support structure tailored to perpetuate and exploit America's social and political division.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1 The System Is Blinking Red
- 2 Politics Incorporated (Power Gear)
- 3 Endless and Dirty Campaigns (Tactics Gear)
- 4 Money Chase (Financial Gear)
- 5 Running in Place (Structural Gear)
- 6 Suffering Suffrage (Structural Gear)
- 7 Laws and Sausages (Structural Gear)
- 8 Mercenary Media (Media Gear)
- 9 High Tech and Low Down (Technology Gear)
- 10 We the Problem (Cultural Gear)
- 11 The Casualty of Virtues
- 12 The American Evolution
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 09, 2022).
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-42318-8
- 1-5381-5126-X
- OCLC:
- 1291318476
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