Kabuki Democracy The System vs. Barack Obama

by Alterman, Eric

• ISBN13: 9781568586595
• ISBN10: 1568586590
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-11
• Publisher: Bold Type Books

Summary

In this "agenda-setting" polemic, journalist and historian Eric Alterman explains what is really happening with the Obama presidency. While Obamars"s many compromises have disappointed liberals, Alterman argues that these concessions are largely due to a political system that is rigged against progressive change. These structural impediments to democracy have made the keeping of Obamars"s campaign promises all but impossible. Brilliantly blending incisive political analysis with a clear agenda for change,Kabuki Democracycuts through the clicheacute;s of conservative propaganda and lazy mainstream media analysis to demonstrate that genuine "change" will come to America only when people care enough to challenge the system.

Author Biography

Eric Alterman is a Distinguished Professor of English and Journalism at Brooklyn College and CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, a columnist for The Nation, Moment, and The Daily Beast, a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, a Fellow at the Nation Institute, and the author of seven books, including the national bestseller, What Liberal Media? He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction: You've Got a Lot of Nerve To Say You Are My Friend	p. 1
When the Autumn Weather Turns the Leaves to Flame	p. 7
Don't Know What I Want But I Know How to Get It	p. 17
If That's All There Is, My Friend, Then Let's Keep Dancing	p. 27
What It Don't Get, I Can't Use	p. 33
I Read the News Today, Oh Boy	p. 73
Conclusion: It's Here They Got the Range and the Machinery for Change	p. 115
Epilogue: The Thrill Is Gone	p. 145
Notes	p. 159
Acknowledgments	p. 203
Index	p. 205
About the Author	p. 215
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