{"product_id":"chaotic-neutral-ed-burmila-9781645030027","title":"Chaotic Neutral: How the Democrats Lost Their Soul in the Center","description":"\u003cb\u003eA recent history of the Democratic Party that identifies its chronic errors--the \"pathologies\" of the New Democratic mindset--and argues urgently against a return to the status quo \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Why did the Democrats initially abandon their principles, and why haven't they been able to grasp that they need a new strategy in the face of decades of diminishing returns? In \u003ci\u003eChaotic Neutral\u003c\/i\u003e, political scientist Ed Burmila breaks it to us, tracing the party's metamorphosis from bold defender of labor rights, civil rights, and a robust social safety net to a timorous, ideology-free, regulation-averse lifestyle brand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eChaotic Neutral\u003c\/i\u003e tracks the evolution (or devolution) of the Democratic Party from the New Deal era to Biden's status-quo candidacy and the pandemic, when, even in the midst of a national crisis, the Democrats could not manage to pass sweeping progressive legislation. It is a timely analysis and, simultaneously, a timeless one that pinpoints why Dem politicians act like also-rans even when they're in power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Burmila doesn't pull any punches as he describes the Democrats' brand of futility politics, but he also doesn't claim that all is futile, instead laying out a potent strategy for how the party might abandon its lesser-of-two-evils strategy and shift back into drive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed Burmila\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1645030024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781645030027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bold Type Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.43h x 6.29w x 1.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2022","brand":"Ed Burmila","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048307290367,"sku":"9781645030027","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0fea87ac-fb9e-44ab-8f19-ab8c3ab20ed2.jpg?v=1684995060","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chaotic-neutral-ed-burmila-9781645030027","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}