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Kabuki Democracy

The System vs. Barack Obama

By: Eric Alterman

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Paperback | 1 January 2011 | Edition Number 1

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In this agenda-setting essay, journalist and historian Eric Alterman explains what is really happening with the Obama presidency. While Obama'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 Obama's campaign promises all but impossible.

Brilliantly blending incisive political analysis with a clear agenda for change, Kabuki Democracy cuts through the clichés 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.

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Non-Fiction Politics & Government Political Ideologies & Movements Central Government Political Structure & Processes Political Structures & Democracy Political Science & Theory

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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