This series of scholarly chapters explores the unpleasant realities of modern politics – and American politics in particular – by examining how self- interest war violence deception and institutional failure continue to characterize the political landscape. Author Benjamin Ginsberg argues that the political world in which we like to think we live – the world of civic engagement representative government and principled political discourse – is fleeting and fragile resting uneasily upon the foundation of a harsh and dark reality. Making a fundamental contribution to our understandings of politics this book is an important read for students and scholars of American Politics and Government. |The Dark Side of Politics Essays on the Unpleasant Realities of Political Life | Politics
