REVIEW: Noted: Disengagement and idiocy

Book review of: American Democracy, by Andrew Perrin. Cambridge: Polity Press. 2014, 228pp. ISBN 978-0-7456622-32-9. Perrin's study of American democracy begins by stating what has become a commonplace of fear in many democracies, that people have become cynical and distrusting of the democr...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:effcc3fc04cc4ad3a00e43858500ca792021-12-02T13:03:23ZREVIEW: Noted: Disengagement and idiocy10.24135/pjr.v21i2.1411023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/effcc3fc04cc4ad3a00e43858500ca792015-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/141https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 Book review of: American Democracy, by Andrew Perrin. Cambridge: Polity Press. 2014, 228pp. ISBN 978-0-7456622-32-9. Perrin's study of American democracy begins by stating what has become a commonplace of fear in many democracies, that people have become cynical and distrusting of the democractic system and that apathy and political disengagement are widespread. Only multi-millionaries backed by capitalist corporations with the deepest pockets can afford to run for office in the United States and nobody in power seems to be in any hurry to do anything about it. Philip CassAsia Pacific NetworkarticledemocracyUnited StatespoliticscorruptionCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 21, Iss 2 (2015)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic democracy
United States
politics
corruption
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle democracy
United States
politics
corruption
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Philip Cass
REVIEW: Noted: Disengagement and idiocy
description Book review of: American Democracy, by Andrew Perrin. Cambridge: Polity Press. 2014, 228pp. ISBN 978-0-7456622-32-9. Perrin's study of American democracy begins by stating what has become a commonplace of fear in many democracies, that people have become cynical and distrusting of the democractic system and that apathy and political disengagement are widespread. Only multi-millionaries backed by capitalist corporations with the deepest pockets can afford to run for office in the United States and nobody in power seems to be in any hurry to do anything about it.
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