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Reaganism and the Death of Representative Democracy by Walter Williams is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Reaganism and the Death of Representative Democracy about?
This is a reasoned but passionate look at how Reaganism―the political philosophy of Ronald Reagan―has severely damaged representative democracy as created by the nation's founders. According to Williams, Reagan and his foremost disciple George W. Bush have created a plutocracy where the United States is no longer a government of the people, by the people, and for the people but is ruled by the wealthiest individuals and corporate America. Refreshingly unafraid to point out that Reaganism's anti-government fundamentalism stands on feet of clay, Walter Williams asks that Americans move from their political apathy to pay attention to the politicians and the corporations lurking behind the power curtain to see the dangers they represent to the true essential of the American way of life. Williams' most important contribution is his extended analysis of the central role the key institutions―the presidency, Congress, the federal agencies―must play for the U.S. government to be capable in both sustaining representative democracy and protecting the safety and economic security of the American people. A clear result of the weakened institutions has been the grossly inadequate homeland securi
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Walter Williams
- Publisher
- Georgetown University Press
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780878401475
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Social Science, Science
- Rating
- 3.5 / 5 (12 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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