Not Invited to the Party How the Demopublicans Have Rigged the System and Left Independents Out in the Cold /

"In this caustic, irreverent book, James T. Bennett reveals how regulation of the political system is used to keep the <U+0018>ins<U+0019> in and the <U+0018>outs<U+0019> out. The United States has benefitted from the separation of church and state: Not Invited to the Pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bennett, James T. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0366-2
Table of Contents:
  • The Issue
  • The American Suspicion of Parties
  • No Competition Allowed or He Who Controls the Ballot Controls the Election
  • Then Along Came FECA
  • FECA: The Demopublicans<U+0019> Best Friend
  • The State Feeds the Party and the Party Feeds the State
  • 2008: The Year of Change <U+0014> Or Plus ßa Change . . . ?- Taking the Party Outside: Do Other Democracies Treat Third Parties and Independents Any Better?- Conclusion: Pulling the Plug?.