Ticking time bombs
Subtitle: the new conservative assaults on democracy
By: edited by Robert Kuttner.
Contributors: Kuttner, Robert.
Publisher: New Press; Distributed by Norton
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Democratic Party (U.S.); Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ); Campaign funds -- United States; Pressure groups -- United States; Liberalism -- United States; Conservatism -- United States; Democracy -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 1993-2001; United States -- Economic policy -- 1993-2001
Other titles: American prospect.
Description: With the Rise of Newt Gingrich and a Republican-controlled Congress, a wide range of political time bombs have been set, threatening the American republic.

People's living standards are stagnant and the political process offers no solutions; the rhetoric about a balanced budget by 2002 creates an environment in which public policymakers are more concerned with scrapping programs than with solving problems; and the degradation of the political process itself has led to increasing domination by big money interests, the decay of both parties, and further declines in voter participation.

All of these time bombs are linked; if our political process can't sole real problems, democracy itself is discredited. Ticking Time Bombs gathers today's most distinguished authors from America's premier liberal journal, The American Prospect, to explain these problems, examine their long-term consequences, and offer solutions.
Notes: "Essays from The American prospect"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel -- David R. Howell; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel -- David R. Howell -- James K. Galbraith; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel -- David R. Howell -- James K. Galbraith -- Louis Lowenstein; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel -- David R. Howell -- James K. Galbraith -- Louis Lowenstein -- Jeff Faux; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel -- David R. Howell -- James K. Galbraith -- Louis Lowenstein -- Jeff Faux -- Glenn R. Simpson; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel -- David R. Howell -- James K. Galbraith -- Louis Lowenstein -- Jeff Faux -- Glenn R. Simpson -- John B. Judis; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel -- David R. Howell -- James K. Galbraith -- Louis Lowenstein -- Jeff Faux -- Glenn R. Simpson -- John B. Judis -- Robert Dreyfuss; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel -- David R. Howell -- James K. Galbraith -- Louis Lowenstein -- Jeff Faux -- Glenn R. Simpson -- John B. Judis -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Robert Dreyfuss; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel -- David R. Howell -- James K. Galbraith -- Louis Lowenstein -- Jeff Faux -- Glenn R. Simpson -- John B. Judis -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Samantha Sanchez; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel -- David R. Howell -- James K. Galbraith -- Louis Lowenstein -- Jeff Faux -- Glenn R. Simpson -- John B. Judis -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Samantha Sanchez -- Brooks Jackson; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel -- David R. Howell -- James K. Galbraith -- Louis Lowenstein -- Jeff Faux -- Glenn R. Simpson -- John B. Judis -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Samantha Sanchez -- Brooks Jackson -- Marshall Ganz; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel -- David R. Howell -- James K. Galbraith -- Louis Lowenstein -- Jeff Faux -- Glenn R. Simpson -- John B. Judis -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Samantha Sanchez -- Brooks Jackson -- Marshall Ganz -- Robert D. Putnam; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel -- David R. Howell -- James K. Galbraith -- Louis Lowenstein -- Jeff Faux -- Glenn R. Simpson -- John B. Judis -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Samantha Sanchez -- Brooks Jackson -- Marshall Ganz -- Robert D. Putnam -- Michael Schudson; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel -- David R. Howell -- James K. Galbraith -- Louis Lowenstein -- Jeff Faux -- Glenn R. Simpson -- John B. Judis -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Samantha Sanchez -- Brooks Jackson -- Marshall Ganz -- Robert D. Putnam -- Michael Schudson -- Theda Skocpol; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel -- David R. Howell -- James K. Galbraith -- Louis Lowenstein -- Jeff Faux -- Glenn R. Simpson -- John B. Judis -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Samantha Sanchez -- Brooks Jackson -- Marshall Ganz -- Robert D. Putnam -- Michael Schudson -- Theda Skocpol -- Richard M. Valelly; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel -- David R. Howell -- James K. Galbraith -- Louis Lowenstein -- Jeff Faux -- Glenn R. Simpson -- John B. Judis -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Samantha Sanchez -- Brooks Jackson -- Marshall Ganz -- Robert D. Putnam -- Michael Schudson -- Theda Skocpol -- Richard M. Valelly -- Robert D. Putnam; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel -- David R. Howell -- James K. Galbraith -- Louis Lowenstein -- Jeff Faux -- Glenn R. Simpson -- John B. Judis -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Samantha Sanchez -- Brooks Jackson -- Marshall Ganz -- Robert D. Putnam -- Michael Schudson -- Theda Skocpol -- Richard M. Valelly -- Robert D. Putnam -- Philip Harvey, Theodore R. Marmor & Jerry L. Mashaw; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers -- Stanley B. Greenberg -- Alan Brinkley -- Jeff Faux -- Lester Thurow -- Barry Bluestone -- Edward N. Wolff -- Lawrence Mishel -- David R. Howell -- James K. Galbraith -- Louis Lowenstein -- Jeff Faux -- Glenn R. Simpson -- John B. Judis -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Robert Dreyfuss -- Samantha Sanchez -- Brooks Jackson -- Marshall Ganz -- Robert D. Putnam -- Michael Schudson -- Theda Skocpol -- Richard M. Valelly -- Robert D. Putnam -- Philip Harvey, Theodore R. Marmor & Jerry L. Mashaw -- Lenny Goldberg; title: Ruy A. Teixeira and Joel Rogers-- Stanley B. Greenberg-- Alan Brinkley-- Jeff Faux-- Lester Thurow-- Barry Bluestone-- Edward N. Wolff-- Lawrence Mishel-- David R. Howell-- James K. Galbraith-- Louis Lowenstein-- Jeff Faux-- Glenn R. Simpson-- John B. Judis-- Robert Dreyfuss-- Robert Dreyfuss-- Samantha Sanchez-- Brooks Jackson-- Marshall Ganz-- Robert D. Putnam-- Michael Schudson-- Theda Skocpol-- Richard M. Valelly-- Robert D. Putnam-- Philip Harvey, Theodore R. Marmor & Jerry L. Mashaw-- Lenny Goldberg-- Peter Schrag.