The Irony of Democracy: An Uncommon Introduction to American Politics (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781285870281)

The question at the center of the seventeenth edition of THE IRONY OF DEMOCRACY is �How democratic is American society?� While most American government books address politics from a pluralist perspective (the theory that many groups of people share power in the United States), this book approaches the subject using an elitist perspective (the theory that only a tiny number of people make the decisions that shape our lives). By exposing the irony between elitism and democratic theory and modern pluralism, this eye-opening book helps readers understand why the U.S. government works as it does.

Author: Louis Schubert, Thomas R. Dye, Harmon Zeigler
ISBN-10: 128587028X
ISBN-13: 9781285870281
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2015
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 7.20w x 0.70d