Debating Democracy: A Reader in American Politics

ISBN-10: 0618251081
ISBN-13: 9780618251087
Series: Debating Democracy
Pages: 379
Language: English
Published: 2003
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Authors: Bruce Miroff, Raymond Seidelman, Todd Swanstrom

Description

This reader offers two readings per chapter organised in a debate-style format, representing opposing viewpoints. The straightforward, thought-provoking presentation facilitates classroom discussion. Highlights of this fourth edition include: - New! Chapter 4, Civil Society, contains essays by Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone: The Collapse of American Community, and William A. Galston and Peter Levine, America's Civic Condition: A Glance at the Evidence. - New! Chapter 8, Public Opinion: The American People After September 11, includes two new essays: Age of Conflict, by David Brooks and Which America Will We Be Now? by Bill Moyers. - New! Chapter 10, Political Parties and Elections: What Was the 2000 Presidential Contest About? includes articles by David Brooks, One Nation, Slightly Divisible, and Lani Gunier, What We Must Overcome. - New! Chapter 12, Local Democracy, contains essays for and against suburban sprawl and governance by Gregg Easterbrook and Todd Swanstrom. - New! Chapter 14, The Presidency: How Much Difference Does the Individual Make? features new essays by Fred Greenstein, Lessons from the Modern Presidency, and Stephen Skowronek, The Changing Political Structures of Presidential Leadership. - New! Chapter 18, U.S. Foreign Policy: What Should It Be After September 11?, includes articles by Charles Krauthammer, The Real New World Order, and Benjamin R. Barber, On Terrorism and the New Democratic Realism.