Listen, Liberal -or- What Ever Happened to the Party of the People?

Author:	Frank, Thomas
Binding:	Paperback
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Overview

ISBN:	9781250118134
Publisher:	Picador
Language:	English
Page Count:	352
Publication Date:	3/14/2017
Size:	8.28" l x 5.47" w x 0.96"
Series:	N/A

Category	Subject
Political Science	Political Parties
Political Science	Commentary & Opinion

Hailed as “the most prescient book” of the year, Listen, Liberal accurately described what ailed the Democratic Party even before the election of 2016 made their weaknesses obvious. It is the story of how the “Party of the People” detached itself from its historic constituency among average Americans and chose instead to line up with the winners of our new economic order.

Now with a new afterword, Thomas Frank’s powerful analysis offers the best diagnosis to date of the liberal malady. Drawing on years of research and firsthand reporting, Frank points out that the Democrats have over the last decades increasingly abandoned their traditional goals: expanding opportunity, fighting for social justice, and ensuring that workers get a fair deal. With sardonic wit and lacerating logic, he uncovers the corporate and cultural elitism that have largely eclipsed the party’s old working- and middle-class commitment. And he warns that the Democrats’ only chance of regaining their health and averting a future of ever-increasing inequality is a return to their historic faith.