{"product_id":"deadlock-and-disillusionment-9781118934340","title":"Deadlock and Disillusionment","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeadlock and Disillusionment: American Politics Since 1968\u003c\/i\u003e is an insightful consideration of the events people, and policy debates that have shaped and continue to influence, even control, the current political era.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eRejects conventional wisdom that the dominant force shaping recent American politics in the last half century has been the rise of the Right\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the achievements and frustrations of each administration, from Nixon to Obama, in its assessment of contemporary U.S. politics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures authorship by an expert scholar in the field who takes a thematic rather than a partisan approach to recent American politics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a concise, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date synthesis of the literature in the field and concludes with a comprehensive bibliographical essay, an aid to student research\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: 1968—The End of an Era 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The Politics of Cynicism, 1968–1974 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Shaping of a New Majority 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConservatism as Reform 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Politics of War and Détente 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatergate and Its Aftermath 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Futility of Moderation, 1974–1976 43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Politics of Forgiveness 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePresident as Political Prisoner 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDétente Derailed 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Dashed Hopes, 1976–1980 60\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFractured Majority 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThreading the Needle 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Abandonment of Idealism 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Dogma and (More) Disappointment, 1980–1988 89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of the Right 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaganomics 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture Wars and Party Politics 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReagan's World 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Squandering the Inheritance, 1988–1992 136\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuccession by Hardball 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bills Come Due 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew World (Dis)Order 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Deepening Divide, 1992–2000 171\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Illusion of Liberal Revival 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Politics of Triangulation 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eQuest for a Post-Cold War Foreign Policy 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrises of the Clinton Presidency 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 The Politics of Polarization, 2000–2008 221\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUltimate Deadlock: Bush v. Gore 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Politics of Anti-terrorism 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImagined Mandate 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Politics of Certitude 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Politics of Red and Blue, since 2008 277\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Politics of Hope 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGovernment by Dysfunction 296\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Politics of Trench Warfare 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Deadlock and Disillusionment 328\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliographical Essay 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 355\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406950277463,"sku":"9781118934340","price":72.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118934340.jpg?v=1730497664","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/deadlock-and-disillusionment-9781118934340","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}