Politics Inc. : America's troubled democracy and how to fix it / John Raidt ; foreword by General James N. Mattis

Author: Raidt, John, 1960-
Additional Titles: Politics Incorporated
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]
Copyright Date: ©2022
Physical Description: xv, 247 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Mattis, James N., 1950-

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Contents

Foreword / General James N. Mattis -- Preface -- The System Is Blinking Red -- Politics Incorporated (Power Gear) -- Endless and Dirty Campaigns (Tactics Gear) -- Money Chase (Financial Gear) -- Running in Place (Structural Gear) -- Suffering Suffrage (Structural Gear) -- Laws and Sausages (Structural Gear) -- Mercenary Media (Media Gear) -- High Tech and Low Down (Technology Gear) -- We the Problem (Cultural Gear) -- The Casualty of Virtues -- The American Evolution.

Summary

"The book examines the dynamics driving the country's deeply troubled political culture and highlights reforms needed in the post-Trump era to strengthen US democracy. The author paints a clear and sobering portrait of a mercenary election industry and its support structure tailored to perpetuate and exploit America's social and political division"--

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9781538151259 (hardcover)
1538151251 (hardcover)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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