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Democracy for the few /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parenti, Michael
Format: Printed Book
Published: Boston : Thomson-Wadsworth, [2010], c2011.
Edition:9th ed.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • ch. 1. Partisan politics
  • ch. 2. A constitution for the few
  • ch. 3. Rise of the corporate state
  • ch. 4. Wealth and want in the United States
  • ch. 5. Institutions and ideologies
  • ch. 6. Politics : who gets what?
  • ch. 7. Health and human services: sacrificial lambs
  • ch. 8. The last environment
  • ch. 9. Unequal before the law
  • ch. 10. Political repression and national insecurity
  • ch. 11. The U.S. global military empire
  • ch. 12. Who governs? Elites, labor, and globalization
  • ch. 13. Mass media : for the many, by the few
  • ch. 14. Voters, parties, and stolen elections
  • ch. 15. Congress: the pocketing of power
  • ch. 16. The President : guardian of the system
  • ch. 17. The political economy of bureaucracy
  • ch. 18. The supremely political court
  • ch. 19. Democracy for the few
  • Notes
  • Index.