Homer Simpson goes to Washington : American politics through popular culture /
Foy, Joseph J.
Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky,
c2008.
Aye on Springfield: reasons to vote "yes" on popular culture / Greg Ahrenhoerster -- R for revolution: Hobbes and Locke on social contracts and scarlet Carsons / Dean A. Kowalski -- Political culture and public opinion: the American dream on Springfield's evergreen terrace / J. Michael Bitzer -- Congress, corruption, and political culture: Mr. Bulworth goes to Washington / John Grummel -- The president as hero: don't blame me, I voted for Bartlet / Jennifer J. Hora -- Seeking justice in America's two-tiered legal system: "I plead the fit" / Kristi Nelson Foy, Joseph J. Foy -- Madisonian pluralism and interest group politics: inhaling democracy, choking on elitism / Joseph J. Foy -- Entertainment media and political knowledge: do people get any truth out of truthiness? / Christopher A. Cooper, Mandi Bates Bailey -- Broadcast news and the movies: wagging somebody's dog / Dick Flannery -- Torture, terrorism, and 24: what would Jack Bauer do? / Timothy Dunn -- Civil liberties v. Law and order: exploring responses to terrorism in the siege / Nathan Zook -- Influencing American foreign policy through popular music: all the world's a stage / Brett S. Sharp -- Twentieth-century American folk music and the popularization of protest: three chords and the truth / Craig W. Hurst -- Reevaluating democracy in America: profound disappointment, profound hope / Margaret Hankenson.
Includes bibliographical references and index.