Who Will Tell the People
The Betrayal of American Democracy
Published on 1. June 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-0-671-86740-9 (ISBN)
Description
Describes the reality of the Washington decision-making process.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Simon & Schuster
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
787 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-671-86740-9 (9780671867409)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
05/2010
Simon + Schuster LLC
€15.81
Available for download
Person
William Greider is the bestselling author of five previous books, including One World, Ready or Not (on the global economy), Who Will Tell the People (on American politics), and Secrets of the Temple (on the Federal Reserve). A reporter for forty years, he has written for The Washington Post and Rolling Stone and has been an on-air correspondent for six Frontline documentaries on PBS. Currently the national affairs correspondent for The Nation, he lives in Washington, DC.
Content
Contents
PART ONE
REALITIES OF POWER
1 Mock Democracy
2 Well-Kept Secrets
3 Bait and Switch
4 The Grand Bazaar
5 Hollow Laws
6 The Fixers
PART TWO
HOW MAY THE PEOPLE SPEAK TO POWER?
7 The Politics of "Rude and Crude"
8 Political Orphans
9 Class Conflict
10 Democratic Promise
PART THREE
MEDIATING VOICES
11 Who Owns the Democrats?
12 Rancid Populism
13 Angle of Vision
14 The Lost Generation
15 Citizen GE
PART FOUR
TRIUMPH AND LOSS
16 Crackpot Realism
17 The Closet Dictator
Conclusion: The American Moment
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index