Why Americans Hate Politics
One of our shrewdest political observers traces thirty years of volatile political history and finds that on point after point, liberals and conservatives are framing issues as a series of "false choices," making it impossible for politicians to solve problems, and alienating voters in the process.
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- ISBN-13
- 9780743265737
- Topics
- American political polarizationLiberalism vs conservatismVoter alienation
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current InterestWon(1991)
- National Book Award for NonfictionShortlistedMajor(1991)
Other awarded books from E. J. Dionne, Jr.
E. J. Dionne, Jr. has no other awarded or shortlisted books yet.
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