In the late twentieth century the effectiveness of government in the United States has come under profound strain. The burdens of superpower status have imposed contradictory demands on the populace, testing the national consensus on the ends of government at home and the goals of American power abroad. Partisan competition for the loyalty of the electorate, meanwhile, has eroded popular understanding of the founding principles of the republic. �You cannot�, said Lincoln, �fool all of the people all of the time.� ...
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In the late twentieth century the effectiveness of government in the United States has come under profound strain. The burdens of superpower status have imposed contradictory demands on the populace, testing the national consensus on the ends of government at home and the goals of American power abroad. Partisan competition for the loyalty of the electorate, meanwhile, has eroded popular understanding of the founding principles of the republic. �You cannot�, said Lincoln, �fool all of the people all of the time.� But today the vitality of the American republic depends as never before on the refusal of its citizens to fool themselves.
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Add this copy of All of the People, All of the Time: American Government to cart. $21.10, very good condition, Sold by Kennys.ie rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, IRELAND, published 1998 by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers.
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1998, Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publisher:
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Published:
1998
Language:
English
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17049501806
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Very Good. Num Pages: 345 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. We ship daily from our Bookshop.
