Deadlock and Disillusionment: American Politics since 1968

Deadlock and Disillusionment: American Politics Since 1968 is an insightful consideration of the events people, and policy debates that have shaped and continue to influence, even control, the current political era.

• Rejects conventional wisdom that the dominant force shaping recent American politics in the last half century has been the "rise of the Right"
• Considers the achievements and frustrations of each administration, from Nixon to Obama, in its assessment of contemporary U.S. politic...