Author: Thomas Frank
Publisher: Picador
ISBN: 1429900326
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
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One of "our most insightful social observers"* cracks the great political mystery of our time: how conservatism, once a marker of class privilege, became the creed of millions of ordinary Americans With his acclaimed wit and acuity, Thomas Frank turns his eye on what he calls the "thirty-year backlash"—the populist revolt against a supposedly liberal establishment. The high point of that backlash is the Republican Party's success in building the most unnatural of alliances: between blue-collar Midwesterners and Wall Street business interests, workers and bosses, populists and right-wingers. In asking "what 's the matter with Kansas?"—how a place famous for its radicalism became one of the most conservative states in the union—Frank, a native Kansan and onetime Republican, seeks to answer some broader American riddles: Why do so many of us vote against our economic interests? Where's the outrage at corporate manipulators? And whatever happened to middle-American progressivism? The questions are urgent as well as provocative. Frank answers them by examining pop conservatism—the bestsellers, the radio talk shows, the vicious political combat—and showing how our long culture wars have left us with an electorate far more concerned with their leaders' "values" and down-home qualities than with their stands on hard questions of policy. A brilliant analysis—and funny to boot—What's the Matter with Kansas? presents a critical assessment of who we are, while telling a remarkable story of how a group of frat boys, lawyers, and CEOs came to convince a nation that they spoke on behalf of the People. *Los Angeles Times
Author: Kansas
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Category : Election law
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee of Elections
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Category : Kansas
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Author: June G. Cabe
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365663492
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Excerpt from Kansas Votes: National Elections, 1859-1956 Fundamental to the democratic process is the election for at sucha time the citizen passes judgment upon those who wish, to represent him. Does the citizen, in exercising this sovereign power, form discernible patterns of behavior, patterns which might be analyzed for their predictive value? Among both students and practitioners of politics there has developed an increasing interest in the study of election behavior. Without the basic data, however, such an interest can result only in speculation or rule of thumb decisions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Kansas
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Category : Constitutions
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Author: Robert K. DeArment
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806137841
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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The complete story of the controversial county seat wars that raged in Kansas from 1885 to 1892 is told in this narrative that relives the violence that only avarice can breed and offers detailed portraits of such notorious participants as Sam Wood, Bat Masterson, Theodosius Botkin, and Bill Tilghman.
Author: Kansas
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Category : Election law
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Category : Election law
Languages : en
Pages : 72
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Author: Kansas Territory. Election Frauds, Board of Commissioners for the investigation of
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Category : Elections
Languages : en
Pages : 44
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Author: Alexander Hamilton Stephens
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Category : Kansas
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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