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No Way to Pick a President : How Money and Hired Guns Have Debased American Elections
de Witcover, Jules
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0374223033
- ISBN 13
- 9780374223038
- Librería
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Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1999. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition (stated).. SIGNED by author on title page. FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). A strong, critical analysis of the degeneration of American politics into an arena in which way too much money is thrown towards 'hired guns' and 'mercenaries' who corrupt American public life - as well as how mass media similarly corrodes and destroys responsible voter participation while deterring decent and honourable people from entering the political process. Hardcover with dust jacket, bibliography, indexed, 303pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Sinopsis
Never before has so much money poured into a presidential campaign as flowed into the election of 2000. Jules Witcover, who has covered every election since 1952, here combines unparalleled knowledge about presidential politics with a scintillating, wise analysis of what's wrong with the way American presidents are chosen. He shows us, in memorable and dramatic detail, how professional mercenaries--with little party loyalty and diminished political principles, driven by skewed priorities and an insatiable need for money, are corrupting American public life. At the same time, he shows how television dramatically, even destructively, distorts the election process, discouraging voter participation and dissuading some of our most promising public figures from seeking higher office. In this lively, story-filled account, Witcover examines the many ways in which politicians themselves have condoned or encouraged these developments and how they are responding to the new demands of a media-driven, money-conscious age. He assessses the effects of campaign funds, both "soft" and "hard, and of a press corps that practices invasive, "gotcha" journ
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- JB Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 00013698
- Título
- No Way to Pick a President : How Money and Hired Guns Have Debased American Elections
- Autor
- Witcover, Jules
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good+
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good+
- Edición
- First Edition (stated).
- ISBN 10
- 0374223033
- ISBN 13
- 9780374223038
- Editorial
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1999
- Palabras clave
- US HISTORY, POLITICS, POLITICAL SCIENCE, POLITICIANS, ELECTIONS, VOTING, VOTERS, ELECTORAL COLLEGE, GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS LOBBIES, ACTION COMMITTEES, PACS, MASS MEDIA
- Catálogos del vendedor
- General; Us History;
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