Democracy Derailed: Initiative Campaigns and the Power of Money Paperback - 2001 - 1st Edition
by Broder, David S
- Used
This is an exploration of how initiatives are remaking America's democracy, creating a hazardous new arena of politics funded by moneyed interests, pursuing their own agenda.
Description
Standard delivery: 5 to 9 days
Details
- Title Democracy Derailed: Initiative Campaigns and the Power of Money
- Author Broder, David S
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 300
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, New York, New York
- Date 2001-09-21
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # N20J-00211
- ISBN 9780156014106 / 0156014106
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 in (21.34 x 13.72 x 2.29 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 328.273
About Wonder Book Maryland, United States
With 3 stores less than 1 hour outside the DC/Metropolitan area (1 in Gaithersburg, 1 in Frederick and 1 in Hagerstown, MD), we have the largest selection of books in the tri-state area. Wonder Book and Video has been in business since 1980 and online since 1997. We have over 1 Million books for sale on our website and another 1 Million books for sale in our 3 locations. We have a very active online inventory and as such, we can receive multiple orders for the same item. We fill those orders on a first come first serve basis, but will refund promptly any items that are out of stock. Since 1980 it has always been about the books. ALL kinds of books from 95 cent children\'s paperbacks to five figure rare and collectibles. A merging of the old and new is where we started, and it is where we are today. Our retail stores have always been places where a reader can rush in looking for a title needed for a term paper that is due the next day, or where bibliophiles can get lost \"in the stacks\" for as long as they wish. In 2002 USAToday recognized us as \"1 of 10 Great Old Bookstores\", and we have been featured in numerous other newspaper and TV stories including Washington Post and CSpan.
RETURNS are cheerfully accepted up to 30 days. We ship out within 1-2 business days and U.S. Standard Shipments usually arrive within 6-9 business days, Priority 3-6.
Summary
Where once most state laws were passed by legislatures, now voters in half the states and hundreds of cities decide directly on such explosive issues as drugs, affirmative action, casino gambling, assisted suicide, and human rights. Ostensibly driven by public opinion, the initiative process is far too often manipulated by moneyed interests, often funded by out-of-state millionaires pursuing their own agendas.
In this highly controversial book, David Broder, the "dean of American political journalism" (Brill's Content), explains how a movement that started with Proposition 13 in California is now a multimillion-dollar business in which lawyers, campaign consultants, signature gatherers, and advertising agencies sell their expertise to interest groups with private agendas.
With a new afterword updating the results of the most recent elections and discussing the potential for future initiatives, Broder takes the reader into the heart of these battles as he talks with the field operatives, lobbyists, PR spinners, labor leaders, and business executives, all of whom can manipulate the political process.
