How America Works... and Why It Doesn't: A Brief Guide to the Us Political System by Cooper, William

How America Works... and Why It Doesn't: A Brief Guide to the Us Political System

Twenty-first-century America isn't working the way it's supposed to. This book explains why. Americans in the twenty-first...
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Author: William Cooper
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How America Works... and Why It Doesn't: A Brief Guide to the Us Political System by Cooper, William

How America Works... and Why It Doesn't: A Brief Guide to the Us Political System

$33.85

How America Works... and Why It Doesn't: A Brief Guide to the Us Political System

$33.85
Author: William Cooper
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Twenty-first-century America isn't working the way it's supposed to. This book explains why.


Americans in the twenty-first century are becoming increasingly untethered from both reality and the essential principles and traditions that have shaped the nation's historic success. A big part of why America isn't working is because far too many Americans neither know nor care how it's supposed to work.


Cooper explains key aspects of recent US political history to give the background to dangerous developments, including how political groups have reshaped since the 1964 Civil Rights Act; the rise of Newt Gingrich and the Tea Party; the profound impact of the internet and social media; and the threats posed to the electoral system by the growth of extreme polarization and growing irrationality.


Cooper shows how these recent developments have their roots in the deeper past, with the establishment of the political system in the first place and all the knocks and tweaks to it along the way. He also reveals how, as a result of increasing politicization, the US Supreme Court is now exacerbating polarization instead of acting as an effective check on executive power.



Author: William Cooper
Publisher: Ad Lib Publishers
Published: 07/23/2024
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781802472066

About the Author
William Cooper is an attorney and columnist. His writings have appeared in hundreds of publications globally including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle, Baltimore Sun, Dallas Morning News, USA Today, Chicago Sun-Times, Jerusalem Post, and Huffington Post. He is the author of Stress Test: How Donald Trump Threatens American Democracy.

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