Democracy for the Few + Irony of Democracy

Democracy for the Few 

– Feb. 15 2007

https://www.amazon.ca/Democracy-Few-Michael-Parenti/dp/0495007447?

 

by Michael Parenti (Author)

Democracy for the Few   $133.75

 

This is no ordinary textbook on American Government. DEMOCRACY FOR THE FEW is a provocative interpretation of American Government that you have likely not been exposed to in elementary school, high school, or other college courses, and certainly not in the mass media. This textbook shows how democracy is repeatedly violated by corporate oligopolies, but how popular forces have fought back and occasionally made gains in spite of the system. By focusing on the relationship between economic power and political power, discussing actual government practices and policies, conspiracies, propaganda, fraud, secrecy and other ploys of government and politics, this book stands apart in its analysis of how US Government works.

 

The Irony of Democracy: An Uncommon Introduction to American Politics Paperback – Jan. 1 2015

by Louis Schubert (Author), Thomas Dye (Author), Harmon Zeigler (Author)

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.