Bulldozer and the Big Tent Blind Republicans, Lame Democrats, and the Recovery of American Ideals

Name: Bulldozer and the Big Tent Blind Republicans, Lame Democrats, and the Recovery of American Ideals
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ISBN: 9780471748533

ISBN-10: 0471748536

ISBN-13: 9780471748533

Edition: 2007

Authors: Todd Gitlin

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How American politics really works-from one of the country's most penetrating and prestigious social critics Todd Gitlin has long been acknowledged as one of the smartest watchers of American politics, media, and mass movements. In The Bulldozer and the Big Tent, he distills his deep knowledge of movements and parties into a compelling story of America's passions-a story that will change the way people talk about partisanship in America. He argues that one thing matters to voters more than policies, faiths, track records, or moral values: style. Voters pick their leaders based on the temperament they look for in a leader. Republicans strongly prefer a bulldozer, a no-nonsense decider on…

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List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
Publication date: 9/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.57" wide x 9.38" long x 1.15" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English

Todd Gitlin is a professor of culture, journalism, and sociology at New York University. He lives in New York City.



Introduction: The Bulldozer Stays Its Course



Emergency: The Long Anti-Sixties



The Conquerors



Centralizing the Apparatus



The Faithful and the Willful



"The Un-Sixties"



Men Riding out of the West on White Horses



Pulpits of Bullies



Wilderness: Fits and Starts



Parties and Movements: A Brief Excursus on Democratic Dilemmas



Movements versus Party: 1964-1980



An Unlikely Steward: Bill Clinton and Liberalism in the Nineties



Emergence: The Tent and the Principles



The Party as Movement, 2004 and After: The Deaniacs, the Purple States, and the Netroots



Frames, Demons, and No-Longer-Silent Majorities



Is the Tent Big Enough?



Narratives and Values



Enemies, Bogeymen, and the Limits of American Power



The Human Face


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index