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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.
Contents
1. The Irony of Democracy.
2. The Elite Consensus of the Founding Fathers: U.S. Political Principles.
3. Elites in America.
4. Masses in the United States.
5. The Media: Elite-Mass Communication.
6. Elections, Parties, and Democracy.
7. Elites and Organized Interests.
8. Congress: The Legislative Elite.
9. The Presidency.
10. Courts: Elites in Black Robes.
11. The Federal Bureaucracy.
12. Federalism: State and Community Elites.
13. Civil Rights: Diversifying the Elite.
14. The United States as Global Elite.
Epilogue: What Can Students Do?
Appendix: The Constitution of the United States of America.
Glossary.
