Contents

PART ONE REALITIES OF POWER

1 Mock Democracy 2 Well-Kept Secrets 3 Bait and Switch 4 The Grand Bazaar 5 Hollow Laws 6 The Fixers

PART TWO HOW MAY THE PEOPLE SPEAK TO POWER?

7 The Politics of "Rude and Crude" 8 Political Orphans 9 Class Conflict 10 Democratic Promise

PART THREE MEDIATING VOICES

11 Who Owns the Democrats? 12 Rancid Populism 13 Angle of Vision 14 The Lost Generation 15 Citizen GE

PART FOUR TRIUMPH AND LOSS

16 Crackpot Realism 17 The Closet Dictator

Conclusion: The American Moment Notes Acknowledgments Index