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Just How Stupid Are We?
Richard ShenkmanRick Shenkman
其他書名
Facing the Truth about the American Voter
出版ReadHowYouWant.com, 2010-07
主題History / GeneralHistory / United States / 21st CenturyPolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / Political Process / Campaigns & ElectionsPolitical Science / Political Process / GeneralPolitical Science / American Government / General
ISBN14587758019781458775801
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=I-8WvywYWQgC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Fifty percent of Americans can name four characters from aaC--AThe Simpsons, aaC--Au but only two out of five can name all three branches of the federal government. No more than one in seven can find Iraq on a map. Just how stupid are we? Pretty stupid. In Just How Stupid Are We?, best-selling author Rick Shenkman takes aim at our great national piety: the wisdom of the American people. American democracy is as direct as it's ever beenaaC--but voters are misusing, abusing, and abdicating their political power. At once a powerful indictment of voter apathy and political indifference, Just How Stupid Are We? also provides concrete proposals for reforming our institutionsaaC--the government, the media, civic organizations, political partiesaaC--to make them work better for the American people. But first, Shenkman argues, we must reform ourselves