品牌：Todd Gitlin
基本信息
·出版社：John Wiley & Sons
·页码：336 页码
·出版日：2007年
·ISBN：0471748536
·条码：9780471748533
·装帧：精装
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How American politics really works-from one of the country's most penetrating and prestigious social critics
Todd Gitlin has long been acknowledged as one of the smartest watchers of American politics, media, and mass movements. In The Bulldozer and the Big Tent, he distills his deep knowledge of movements and parties into a compelling story of America's passions-a story that will change the way people talk about partisanship in America.
He argues that one thing matters to voters more than policies, faiths, track records, or moral values: style. Voters pick their leaders based on the temperament they look for in a leader. Republicans strongly prefer a bulldozer, a no-nonsense decider on a white horse. Faction-ridden Democrats search for a candidate who looks like all things to all people-a walking big tent capacious enough to fit every kind of Democrat inside. Every Republican is looking for a leader, and every Democrat thinks he is one.
This single, remarkable insight unties many of the knottiest questions in politics today. Why did the baby boomers produce so few impressive politicians? How did Barack Obama get so popular so fast? Why have the Republicans been so much better at getting and exercising power? Do blogs really matter? Who won the culture war? Has the conservative juggernaut crashed and burned?
Guaranteed to spark discussion and debate, The Bulldozer and the Big Tent gives readers a fascinating new lens through which to view American politics and voters.
Todd Gitlin (New York, NY) is a professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University. He was a leader of Students for a Democratic Society in the early 1960s, and is one of today's most sought-after political writers and cultural commentators. He has written bestsellers and contributed to publications such as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, the Washington Post, Harper's, and the Nation. His books include Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives (0-8050-7283-7) and The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage (0-553-37212-2).
作者简介
Todd Gitlinis a professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University. He is the author of numerous books, including the national bestsellerThe Sixties, and a contributing writer forMother Jones. His work has appeared in many publications, including theNew York Times, theWashington Post, theNation, theAmerican Prospect, andHarper's. He blogs at TPMcafe.com.
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From Publishers Weekly
Professor and political analyst Gitlin (former president of SDS) utilizes the current president's political trajectory as a jumping off point for a sprawling discussion of the rise of the republican machine, the reasons behind the democrats' declining fortunes and the impact of this political imbalance on the average citizen. This is a sort of State-of-the-Union update: encyclopedic in scope but eminently accessible and studded with juicy morsels of Capitol Hill gossip, little-known facts and generally excellent writing. The fact that the Democratic National Committee did not have a national voter database until late 2003 is stunning, and Gitlin claims that a perpetual "war on terror" is precisely what the conservative cognoscenti want: "as long as fear is so salient to voters, Democrats will be staggering uphill." Many of Gitlin's conclusions are not necessarily new, but Gitlin's conclusions and suggestions-often missing from such political landscape surveys-for the liberal movement are impressive. His call for a simple but powerful narrative to match that of the Conservatives merits special attention from the leaders of a party made up of (at least) eight distinct voter groups.
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FromBooklist
According to journalism professor Gitlin, the Republicans have employed a bulldozer approach to politics in everything from fiscal policy to science to diplomacy, operating with absolute certainty and bolstered by true believers among the conservative movement. What will be the lasting effect on U.S. politics of secrecy, corruption, and international mishaps that have tarnished the American image at home and abroad? What will be the enduring impact of the bulldozer on the future of American politics? Gitlin explores these questions by first analyzing the suspension of reason by much of the American public during the Bush administration that has allowed it to ignore the failures and incompetence for so long. He offers lessons to be learned from the disastrous experience for future elections, politics, and governance. Gitlin examines discontent among Democrats and prospects for a revived progressive movement, following on considerable momentum from the decline of the Bush presidency. He concludes with a section examining the potential for lasting renewal of a progressive politics as bloggers and others move to stop the conservative movement. Bush, Vanessa
Review
Like Krugman, Gitlin lays the blame for political polarization squarely on George Bush and the Republican Party. "The core of their rule," he writes, "is a bulldozer approach to reality -- belligerence as an all-purpose style, whether facing domestic critics or the rest of the world." The problem facing liberals, he says, is that although they are increasingly galvanized, they don't have the numbers to govern alone. They must form a big tent of "secularists and moderate evangelicals, budget-balancers and Keynesians, fair traders and free traders. . . . " Gitlin, a Columbia professor and longtime liberal activist, admits that this will not be easy. But he suggests the answer is probably more Democratic Party "discipline" and partisanship, not less: "The denizens of the tent will need to remind themselves that outside there dwell barbarians." (The Washington Post, November 18, 2007)Professor and political analyst Gitlin (former president of SDS) utilizes the current president’s political trajectory as a jumping off point for a sprawling discussion of the rise of the republican machine, the reasons behind the democrats’ declining fortunes and the impact of this political imbalance on the average citizen. This is a sort of State-of-the-Union update: encyclopedic in scope but eminently accessible and studded with juicy morsels of Capitol Hill gossip, little-known facts and generally excellent writing. The fact that the Democratic National Committee did not have a national voter database until late 2003 is stunning, and Gitlin claims that a perpetual “war on terror” is precisely what the conservative cognoscenti want: “as long as fear is so salient to voters, Democrats will be staggering uphill.” Many of Gitlin’s conclusions are not necessarily new, but Gitlin’s conclusions and suggestions—often missing from such political landscape surveys—for the liberal movement are impressive. His call for a simple but powerful narrative to match that of the Conservatives merits special attention from the leaders of a party made up of (at least) eight distinct voter groups.(Sept.)(Publishers Weekly, August 27, 2007)
Review
"This is an indispensable book by one of our most gifted public intellectuals. Todd Gitlin explains--with splendid scholarship, reporting, and wit-- how the Bush machine debased our political life and how progressives, in all their variety, are struggling to build a new majority. It is the best guide we have to America’s recent past and its possible future."
--Michael Kazin, author ofA Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryanand professor of history, Georgetown University"A brilliant and indispensable book. Gitlin convincingly urges liberals to take seriously the greater difficulty the Democrats have forging cohesion among identity based groups over the Republicans persuading the less diverse Republican base to bury disagreements in the drive for victory. Gitlin argues, Democrats will have to bite the bullet and unite under a big tent. A hard lesson for ardent newcomers to the movement to swallow, Gitlin is dead right."
--Thomas B. Edsall, Special Correspondent,The New Republic"No one is better than Todd Gitlin at describing the crucial dynamic through which movements gain or lose political power. Justly celebrated for his seminal work on such dynamics during the 1960s, Gitlin now he explains everything that's happened since, with passion and wisdom--and happily, because of Bushism's collapse, legitimate optimism about the future."
--Michael Tomasky, editor,Guardian America"An impassioned yet realistic plea for Democrats and liberals to become more serious about politics. They would do well to follow his advice."
--Alan Wolfe, Director, Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, Boston College"This book, by one of America's most intelligent and decent political writers, tells liberals how the conservative movement rose and fell, and how they could emulate its successes while avoiding its failures."
--George Packer, author ofBlood of the LiberalsandThe Assassins' Gate
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