What's the Matter with Kansas? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook What's the Matter with Kansas? write by Thomas Frank. This book was released on 2007-04-01. What's the Matter with Kansas? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of "our most insightful social observers"* cracks the great political mystery of our time: how conservatism, once a marker of class privilege, became the creed of millions of ordinary Americans With his acclaimed wit and acuity, Thomas Frank turns his eye on what he calls the "thirty-year backlash"—the populist revolt against a supposedly liberal establishment. The high point of that backlash is the Republican Party's success in building the most unnatural of alliances: between blue-collar Midwesterners and Wall Street business interests, workers and bosses, populists and right-wingers. In asking "what 's the matter with Kansas?"—how a place famous for its radicalism became one of the most conservative states in the union—Frank, a native Kansan and onetime Republican, seeks to answer some broader American riddles: Why do so many of us vote against our economic interests? Where's the outrage at corporate manipulators? And whatever happened to middle-American progressivism? The questions are urgent as well as provocative. Frank answers them by examining pop conservatism—the bestsellers, the radio talk shows, the vicious political combat—and showing how our long culture wars have left us with an electorate far more concerned with their leaders' "values" and down-home qualities than with their stands on hard questions of policy. A brilliant analysis—and funny to boot—What's the Matter with Kansas? presents a critical assessment of who we are, while telling a remarkable story of how a group of frat boys, lawyers, and CEOs came to convince a nation that they spoke on behalf of the People. *Los Angeles Times
Kansas Politics and Government
Kansas Politics and Government - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Kansas Politics and Government write by H. Edward Flentje. This book was released on 2010-03-01. Kansas Politics and Government available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume uses the prism of political cultures to interpret Kansas politics and disclose the intimate connections between the state's past and its current politics. The framework of political cultures evolves from underlying political preferences for liberty, order, and equality, and these preferences form the basis for the active political cultures of individualism, hierarchy, and egalitarianism. This comprehensive examination of Kansas political institutions argues that Kansas politics, historically and presently, may best be understood as a clash of political cultures.
Kansas Politics and Government
Kansas Politics and Government - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Kansas Politics and Government write by H. Edward Flentje. This book was released on 2010-03-01. Kansas Politics and Government available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The rich history of Kansas politics continues to generate an abundant literature. The state?s beginning as ?Bleeding Kansas? followed by Prohibition, populism, the Progressive Era, and the Dust Bowl, through to the present day, have given local and national writers and scholars an intriguing topic for exploration. While historians and biographers shed light on pieces of this history, journalists focus on current political affairs in the state. Rarely, however, are past and present connected to fully illuminate an understanding of Kansas politics and government. ø This volume uses the prism of political cultures to interpret Kansas politics and disclose the intimate connections between the state?s past and its current politics. The framework of political cultures evolves from underlying political preferences for liberty, order, and equality, and these preferences form the basis for the active political cultures of individualism, hierarchy, and egalitarianism. This comprehensive examination of Kansas political institutions argues that Kansas politics, historically and presently, may best be understood as a clash of political cultures.
Low Taxes and Small Government
Low Taxes and Small Government - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Low Taxes and Small Government write by Michael A. Smith. This book was released on 2019-07-01. Low Taxes and Small Government available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sam Brownback was the first modern-day conservative to be elected governor of Kansas, the culmination of a rightward shift in the state's often-dominant Republican Party. This book is a detailed case study of the policies implemented over his two terms as governor, paying particular attention to the impact on state government and services, the economy, public education, and the business environment. The authors provide extensive background, historical evidence, and detailed references. The book's real-world relevance is grounded in a discussion of similar policies in other states as well as the US federal government.
Utah Politics and Government
Utah Politics and Government - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Utah Politics and Government write by Adam R. Brown. This book was released on 2018-08-01. Utah Politics and Government available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Utah Politics and Government covers Utah's religious heritage and territorial history, its central political institutions, and its political culture, while situating Utah within the broader American political setting"--
