{"product_id":"america-democracy-you-where-have-all-the-citizens-gone-9780578170473","title":"America, Democracy \u0026 You: Where Have All the Citizens Gone?","description":"Millions of American citizens feel politically powerless in our self-rule democracy. Political myths tell us citizens are the ultimate political power in our system of government and we buy it-even after, based on personal experience, the myths are shown to be false.To cope with this illusion, Americans do a weird thing-they willingly suspended their disbelief in the political myths and pretend the myths are true. This tug-of-war between political myths and political reality gives rise to a feeling of powerlessness, drives citizens out of the political arena, and places our democracy on autopilot- allowing self-serving interest groups to hijack the politics of who gets what in America. This book exposes the hidden role political myths play in our democracy but more importantly, describes how American citizens can trade-in their mythical popular sovereignty for the real thing-political self-rule, in fact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronald R. Fraser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cheshire \u0026amp; Company Viewpoints Publishing, Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780578170473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR: Ronald R. Fraser, Ph.D. For decades a Washington-based writer, Fraser received a Ph.D. degree in public policy from George Mason University located in Fairfax, Virginia. He now lives in the Buffalo, New York area. His writings have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post and dozens of other newspapers, magazines and in professional public management journals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cheshire \u0026 Company Viewpoints Publishing, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43969195671667,"sku":"9.78058E+12","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a034c85c-0a9e-4d2b-9af7-37c60bf1c5e6.jpg?v=1760303933","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/america-democracy-you-where-have-all-the-citizens-gone-9780578170473","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}