{"product_id":"the-two-party-trap-steven-verrier-9781476689456","title":"The Two-Party Trap: Recipe for Dysfunction in American Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003e The United States has become increasingly polarized, although the concept of a two-party system is not new. This book traces the major parties' utter dominance--of the highest elected positions all the way down to \"nonpartisan\" political offices across the U.S.--from the founding of the Constitution through the 2020 presidential election. Even before the founding of the \"modern\" Republican Party in 1854 and the next 168-year era of Democratic-GOP dominance, the early decades of American nationhood were ruled in a similar manner by the two major parties of the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book is a comprehensive, fast-paced analysis of how the two-party system has grown to be such an affront to the ideals of the Founding Fathers and of the numerous Americans today who appear to accept it as a fact of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Verrier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476689458\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476689456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Steven Verrier","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44065862811903,"sku":"9781476689456","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_74fcea75-e2bb-4627-ae40-99c1a6d8e9db.jpg?v=1685403936","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-two-party-trap-steven-verrier-9781476689456","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}