Deadlock and Disillusionment : American Politics Since 1968.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: 1968-The End of an Era -- Chapter 1 The Politics of Cynicism, 1968-1974 -- The Shaping of a New Majority -- Conservatism as Reform -- The Politics of War and Détente -- Watergate and Its Aftermath -- Chapter 2 The Futility of Moderation, 1974-1976 -- The Politics of Forgiveness -- President as Political Prisoner -- Détente Derailed -- Chapter 3 Dashed Hopes, 1976-1980 -- Fractured Majority -- Threading the Needle -- The Abandonment of Idealism -- Chapter 4 Dogma and (More) Disappointment, 1980-1988 -- The Rise of the Right -- Reaganomics -- Culture Wars and Party Politics -- Reagan's World -- Chapter 5 Squandering the Inheritance, 1988-1992 -- Succession by Hardball -- The Bills Come Due -- New World (Dis)Order -- Chapter 6 The Deepening Divide, 1992-2000 -- The Illusion of Liberal Revival -- The Politics of Triangulation -- Quest for a Post-Cold War Foreign Policy -- Crises of the Clinton Presidency -- Chapter 7 The Politics of Polarization, 2000-2008 -- Ultimate Deadlock: Bush v. Gore -- The Politics of Anti-terrorism -- Imagined Mandate -- The Politics of Certitude -- Chapter 8 The Politics of Red and Blue, since 2008 -- The Politics of Hope -- Government by Dysfunction -- The Politics of Trench Warfare -- Conclusion: Deadlock and Disillusionment -- Bibliographical Essay -- Index -- EULA.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.