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The Irony of Democracy An Uncommon Introduction to American Politics

by: Dye, Thomas R.

The Irony of Democracy An Uncommon Introduction to American Politics

by: Dye, Thomas R.

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Copyright: 06/21/1999
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

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Summary

The elites and not the masses govern our country is the theme of this affordable THOMSON ADVANTAGE BOOKS version ofTHE IRONY OF DEMOCRACY. Known for its "elitist approach" to American Government, this text presents its argument in a new context--the politics of the 21st century--including the Clinton and Bush Administrations effects on government and politics the U.S.

To the Student

To the Instructor

xiii

The Irony of Democracy

(24)

The Meaning of Elitism

(3)

The Meaning of Democracy

(2)

Elitism in a Democracy

(5)

Mass Distrust of America's Elite

(4)

The Meaning of Pluralism

(2)

How Elitism and Pluralism Differ

(2)

Elite and Mass Threats to Democracy

(5)

The Unpolitics of College Students

(2)

An Elitist Theory of Democracy

(4)

Notes

(1)

Selected Readings

(2)

The Founding Fathers: The Nation's First Elite

(34)

Elites and Masses in the New Nation

(1)

Elite Preferences: Inspiration for a New Constitution

(4)

Formation of a National Elite

(5)

Elite Consensus in 1787

(2)

An Elite in Operation: Conciliation and Compromise

(4)

The Constitution as an Elitist Document

(5)

Elitism and the Structure of the National Government

(6)

Suppressing Majority ``Factions''

(3)

James Madison

Ratification: An Exercise in Elite Political Skills

(6)

Summary

(1)

Notes

(1)

Selected Readings

(2)

The Evolution of American Elites

(34)

Hamilton and the Nation's First Public Policies

(2)

Rise of the Jeffersonians

(1)

Republicans in Power: The Stability of Public Policy

(2)

Rise of the Western Elites

(1)

Elite Cleavage: The Civil War

(5)

Rise of the New Industrial Elite

(4)

Liberal Establishment: Reform as Elite Self-Interest

(4)

Elites in American History

(2)

Vietnam: Elite Failure to Lead

(6)

The Gulf War: Elite Leadership Restored

(8)

Summary

(2)

Notes

(1)

Selected Readings

(2)

Elites In America

(36)

The Concentration of Corporate Power

(4)

Corporate Merger Mania

(1)

Corporate Elites

(4)

The Global Elites

102

(5)

Greed in the Boardroom

104

(3)

Governing Elites

107

(1)

Elite Recruitment: Getting to the Top

108

(11)

The Friends of Bill and Hillary

112

(7)

The Liberal Establishment

119

(3)

Elite Attitudes toward Mass Governance

121

(1)

The Conservative Mood

122

(7)

Where to Find the Establishment

122

(2)

Summary

124

(2)

Notes

126

(1)

Selected Readings

127

(2)

Masses In America

129

(34)

Elite Gains, Mass Losses

130

(6)

Inequality in America

136

(3)

Mass Disaffection from Politics

139

(2)

Antidemocratic Attitudes among the Masses

141

(4)

Are the Masses Becoming More Democratic?

145

(4)

Mass Political Ignorance

149

(5)

What If the People Voted on National Issues?

152

(2)

Mass Political Apathy

154

(1)

How Does Democracy Survive?

154

(2)

The Dangers of Mass Activism

156

(7)

Summary

160

(1)

Notes

161

(1)

Selected Readings

161

(2)

Elite-Mass Communication

163

(24)

The Newsmakers

163

(2)

The Media's Political Funtions

165

(3)

Bashing America for Fun and Profit

168

(4)

Liberal Bias in Television News

172

(2)

The Hollywood Liberals

173

(1)

Bias and Slander: Freedoms of the Press

174

(2)

Media Campaigns

176

(4)

Media Coverage of Presidential Elections

177

(3)

Assessing Media Impact

180

(7)

Summary

184

(1)

Notes

185

(1)

Selected Readings

185

(2)

American Political Parties: A System In Decay

187

(24)

The Responsible Party Model in Disarray

187

(2)

Democratic and Republican Parties: Consensus or Competition?

189

(4)

Declining Mass Attachments to Parties

193

(2)

Are Democrats Liberal and Republicans Conservative?

195

(4)

Mass Perceptions of the Parties

196

(3)

Political Parties as Oligarchies

199

(2)

Presidential Primaries and the Deterioration of Parties

201

(3)

Realignment or Dealignment?

204

(2)

Independent and Third-Party Politics

206

(5)

Summary

209

(1)

Notes

210

(1)

Selected Readings

210

(1)

Elections, Money, And The Myths of Democracy

211

(34)

The Myth of the Policy Mandate

212

(1)

The Myth of the Policy-Oriented Voter

213

(2)

The Group Basis of Voting

215

(3)

The Economic Basis of Voting

218

(1)

Candidate Image Voting

218

(4)

Creating a Winning Image

220

(2)

Bill Clinton

Money Drives Elections

222

(10)

The Clinton Money Chase

230

(2)

The Unlikely Prospects for Reform

232

(2)

Staying Home on Election Day

234

(3)

Elections as Symbolic Reassurance

237

(8)

Summary

241

(1)

Notes

242

(1)

Selected Readings

242

(3)

Organized Interests: Defenders of The Status Quo

245

(24)

Interest Groups: Democratic or Elitist?

245

(2)

The Business, Professional, and Class Bias of Interest Groups

247

(4)

How Well Do Groups Represent Members?

251

(4)

Leaders and Followers---The American Association of Retired Persons

254

(1)

Lobbying: How Organized Interests Influence Government

255

(5)

PAC Power

260

(1)

Conservative Influence of Organizations

261

(8)

The Business of the Business Roundtable

265

(1)

Summary

266

(1)

Notes

267

(1)

Selected Readings

268

(1)

The Presidency

269

(34)

The President as Symbolic Leader

269

(3)

The Presidency and the Masses

272

(5)

The President's Formal Powers

277

(1)

Presidential Powers of Persuasion

278

(5)

Up Close---Sex, Lies and Impeachment

278

(5)

Issues in Presidential Power: The War-Making Controversy

283

(4)

Watergate and the Limits of Presidential Power

287

(2)

The Dual Presidency

289

(1)

George Bush

Ambition and Ambivalence

290

(7)

Bill Clinton

Presidential Sex

295

(1)

Hillary ``Stand by Your Man''

296

(1)

Other Executive Elites

297

(6)

Summary

300

(1)

Notes

301

(1)

Selected Readings

302

(1)

The Bureaucratic Elite

303

(32)

Sources of Bureaucratic Power

304

(3)

Mass Attitudes toward Washington Bureaucracies

306

(1)

Organization of the Washington Bureaucracy

307

(2)

Presidential Control of the Bureaucracy

309

(4)

Bureaucratic Maneuvers

312

(1)

The Budget Maze

313

(4)

Elite Fiscal Responsibility?

317

(4)

Bureaucratic Power, Iron Triangles, and Revolving Doors

321

(4)

The Bureaucratic Elite

325

(1)

The Regulatory Quagmire

326

(5)

Regulation---Hiding the Costs of Government

330

(1)

Controlling the Bureaucracy: Congress and Courts

331

(4)

Summary

332

(1)

Notes

333

(1)

Selected Readings

334

(1)

Congress: The Legislative Elite

335

(36)

The Elite Bias of Congressional Recruitment

336

(4)

Whom Does Congress Really Represent?

340

(2)

Congress in Disrepute

342

(4)

The Elaborate Procedures of Legislative Elites

346

(8)

Elites Within Elites: The Congressional Establishment

354

(5)

The Troubled Speakership

356

(3)

Conflict and Consensus: Voting in Congress

359

(5)

Is ``Congressional Ethics'' an Oxymoron?

362

(2)

Congress and the President: An Unstable Balance of Power

364

(7)

Summary

367

(1)

Notes

368

(1)

Selected Readings

368

(3)

Courts: Elites in Black Robes

371

(24)

Judicial Review as an Elitist Principle

372

(1)

The Making of a Supreme Court Justice

373

(3)

The Special Style of Judicial Policy Making

376

(5)

Senate Confirmation as Sleazy Spectacle

378

(3)

The Structure of the Federal Court System

381

(2)

The Jurisdiction of the Federal Court System

383

(1)

Judicial Power: Activism versus Self-Restraint

384

(6)

The Supreme Court and Abortion

388

(2)

Do the Courts Rule the Nation?

390

(5)

Summary

391

(1)

Notes

392

(1)

Selected Readings

393

(2)

American Federalism: Elites In States And Communities

395

(20)

Federalism: The Original Division of Power Between Nation and States

396

(3)

Power Flows to the National Elite

399

(2)

Money and Power

401

(1)

The Evolution of American Federalism

402

(3)

Elite Structures in the States

405

(3)

Corporate Elite Structures in the States

407

(1)

The Old Community Economic Elites

408

(2)

The New Community Political Elites

410

(5)

Summary

412

(1)

Notes

413

(1)

Selected Readings

413

(2)

Elite Response to Mass Protest

415

(32)

The History of Black Subjugation

416

(2)

Twentieth-Century Black Responses

418

(4)

Continuing Inequalities Between Blacks and Whites

422

(3)

Battles over Affirmative Action

425

(4)

Elite Versus Mass Response to Civil Rights

429

(2)

Feminism in America

431

(3)

Women and Work

434

(4)

Feminism and Elitism

438

(9)

Elites, Masses, and Sexual Harassment

440

(2)

Summary

442

(1)

Notes

443

(1)

Selected Readings

444

(3)

Public Policy: How and What Elites Decide

447

(28)

Public Policy as Elite Preference

447

(3)

Agenda Setting and ``Nondecisions''

450

(2)

Economic Policy

452

(10)

The Elite Think Tanks

454

(6)

Sneaking Preferential Treatment into the Tax Laws

460

(2)

Social-Welfare Policy

462

(7)

Health-Care Policy

469

(6)

Summary

473

(1)

Notes

474

(1)

Selected Readings

474

(1)

Epilogue: What Can Students Do?

475

(4)

Appendix The Constitution of The United States of America

479

(22)

Index

501

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