Beyond the Politics of Disappointment
American Elections 1980-1998
- Wilson Carey McWilliams - Rutgers University, USA
A provocative evaluation of electoral trends––distrust of government, desire for a renewal of the American dream, decreasing voter turnout, support for self-government, debate over the shape of political conflict––which McWilliams characterizes as a politics of disappointment. Includes an incisive analysis of the Clinton years and the impeachment trial.