excerpts from the book

The Paradox of American Democracy

by John B. Judis

Routledge Press, 2001, paper

"You don't need a totalitarian dictatorship like Hitler's to get by with murder ... you can do it in a democracy as long as the Congress and the people Congress is supposed to represent don't give a damn?

William Shirer, The Hubris of a President, The Nation magazine

The Paradox of American Democracy
The Development of Democratic Pluralism
The Legacy of the Sixties
Business and the Rise of K Street
The Triumph of Conservatism
The Apostasy of the Elites
The Conservative Crack-up
The Frustration of Reform
Sleepwalking Toward the Millennium
Conclusion
Quotations

"Powerful people in the American ruling class fear democracy."

Tim Robbins, actor and progressive activist

Democracy watch

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