Democracy and Its Elected Enemies: American Political Capture and Economic Decline

ISBN-13: 9781107012653 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 209 str.

Steven Rosefielde & Daniel Quinn Mills

Opis

Democracy and Its Elected Enemies reveals that American politicians have usurped their constitutional authority, substituting their economic and political sovereignty for the people's. This has been accomplished by creating an enormous public service sector operating in the material interest of politicians themselves and of their big business and big social advocacy confederates to the detriment of workers, the middle class, and the nonpolitical rich, jeopardizing the nation's security in the process. Steven Rosefielde and Daniel Quinn Mills contend that this usurpation is the source of America's economic decline and fading international power, and provide an action plan for restoring true democracy in which politicians only provide the services people vote for within the civil and property rights protections set forth in the constitution."

Recenzje

'Steven Rosefielde and Daniel Quinn Mills have written a book for these times when public frustration with the political gridlock and apparent dysfunction of Washington has reached unprecedented levels. The analysis they offer is both sobering and somber in its portrayal of a systemic failure that not only impacts the nation's domestic institutions and economic well-being but also undermines its global standing at a moment when American leadership is needed more than ever, as rapid change sweeps across Africa and the Middle East and new centers of power emerge in Asia and the Americas. Even those who will find themselves disagreeing with the remedies prescribed in Democracy and its Elected Enemies will nevertheless need to grapple with the diagnosis meticulously laid out by the authors.' J. Peter Pham, Director, Africa Center, Atlantic Council and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Middle East and Africa

Spis treści

Part I. The Challenge of American Politocracy: 1. Hard times; 2. Democracy; 3. Politocracy; 4. Silver lining?; 5. Road to ruin; 6. Burden and spoils; 7. Treadmill of reform; Part II. How Politocracy Drives American Policy: 8. Subprime mortgage crisis; 9. Foreign imbroglios; 10. Transnationalism; Part III. Democratic Retreat and Revival: 11. Global retreat; 12. Recovering lost ground.