Bad for Democracy: How the Presidency Undermines the Power of the People
Dana D. Nelson argues that it is the office of the presidency itself that endangers the great American experiment. This urgent book, with new analysis of President Barack Obama's first months in office, reveals the futility of placing all of our hopes for the future in the American president and...
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Dana D. Nelson argues that it is the office of the presidency itself that endangers the great American experiment. This urgent book, with new analysis of President Barack Obama's first months in office, reveals the futility of placing all of our hopes for the future in the American president and encourages citizens to create a politics of deliberation, action, and agency.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780816656776 (0816656770)
Publish date: September 19th 2008
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English