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Preface | ||
Introduction: Why a Critical Reader? | 1 | |
Pt. I | Structure | 5 |
Ch. 1 | Political Economy | 7 |
1 | The Downsizing of the American Dream | 8 |
2 | The Market as Prison | 15 |
3 | Why Does the Air Stink? Corporate Power and Public Policy | 24 |
4 | Global Ecology and the Common Good | 33 |
Ch. 2 | Ideology and Political Culture | 39 |
5 | Citizenship and Liberal Individualism | 40 |
6 | Power of Majority Opinion in America over Thought | 48 |
7 | Take from the Needy and Give to the Greedy | 52 |
8 | Democracy and a Free Press | 58 |
9 | Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy | 66 |
Ch. 3 | Constitutional and State Structures | 71 |
10 | American Exceptionalism: The Politics of Fragmentation | 72 |
11 | The Dark Side of the Constitution | 79 |
12 | How the Constitution is Paralyzing American Democracy | 91 |
13 | Some Truths Are Not Self-Evident | 97 |
Pt. II | Institutions and Processes | 101 |
Ch. 4 | Congress | 103 |
14 | Congress and Big Business | 104 |
15 | Let the Lobby Boys In | 111 |
16 | My Life As an Undercover PAC | 118 |
17 | Creating New Political Priorities: Bernie Sanders and the Congressional Progressive Caucus | 124 |
Ch. 5 | The Presidency | 137 |
18 | The Limits of Presidential Power | 138 |
19 | The Presidential Spectacle | 143 |
20 | JFK: The Arrogance of Power | 158 |
21 | Which Bridge to the Future? The Clinton Presidency and the Debate over Progressive Politics | 163 |
Ch. 6 | Law and the Courts | 172 |
22 | The Law-Centered Politics of the United States | 173 |
23 | Is Free Speech the Enemy of Democracy? | 177 |
24 | Race, the Courts, and Justice | 186 |
25 | Women's Rights and the Cultural Defense Argument | 190 |
Ch. 7 | Parties and Elections | 194 |
26 | Why Americans Don't Vote | 195 |
27 | Finding the Real Center | 203 |
28 | The Incredible Shrinking Sound Bite | 211 |
29 | Making Every Vote Count: A Case for Proportional Representation | 219 |
30 | Why It's Third Party Time | 224 |
Pt. III | Politics and Vision | 237 |
Ch. 8 | Political Challenges at Home and Abroad | 239 |
31 | Imagine a Country | 240 |
32 | Greenspan on the Grill | 248 |
33 | Feminism at the Crossroads | 252 |
34 | Token Equality: The Limits of Identity Politics | 256 |
35 | Global Warning: Curbing the Free Trade Freefall | 260 |
Ch. 9 | Democratic Citizenship and Political Renewal | 267 |
36 | Letter from Birmingham Jail | 268 |
37 | The Possibility of Hope | 276 |
38 | Why Unions Matter | 283 |
39 | Remaking Our Economy | 292 |
40 | Democratic Revolution in an Age of Autocracy | 299 |
Resources for Further Study | 309 | |
Appendix | 313 | |
The Declaration of Independence | 313 | |
The Constitution of the United States | 316 | |
The Federalist No. 10 | 331 | |
Credit List | 337 |
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