ساختن آمریکا قرمز: ائتلاف جدید محافظه‌کاران و تلاش برای قدرت دائمی

This powerful examination of the present and future of American politics, by one of America’s most distinguished political journalists, reveals how the Republican Party has gained a long-term institutional advantage that allows it to shrug off apparent setbacks like the 2006 elections. Building Red America takes us deeper than any previous book into the operations of the power brokers and issues that galvanize voters. It's no secret that the Republicans are aiming for a generation-long realignment that will establish them as the majority party for the rest of our lifetimes. But few people outside the far right understand what that means. Any realignment has huge effects on political culture, and this one is more ambitious than any other in our history, including the Democratic takeover in the 1930s. It is the first deliberate realignment. It involves cultural changes--in the media and in the academy--that were never part of previous realignments. And it encompasses institutional changes in areas like foreign policy and the judiciary, whose independence was always respected in the past. Every aspect of society and every office of government is being turned to the purpose of strengthening Republican institutions--businesses, evangelical Protestant churches--and weakening Democratic ones, such as unions and consumer groups. Building Red America will bring home to readers for the first time the true extent of the Republican takeover of American politics, by revealing the chief architects of political revolution. The result is a masterful--and disturbing--work of political journalism that challenges all of us to wake up and take heed before the world has changed beyond recognition. Describes How The Republican Party Has Seized Political Control, Focusing On Its Makeup And Narrow Margin Of Victory, And On The Makeup Of The Democratic Party And The Internal Weaknesses Which Prevent It From Dominating Instead. Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Democratic Party Weaknesses Have Magnified Republican Party Advantages -- 2. Anger Points : Polarization As A Republican Strategy -- 3. Polarization As A Republican Strategy : Christians To The Right, Media To The Left -- 4. The Republican Party Weds Corporate America -- 5. The Two Revolutions -- 6. The Business Revolution : An Enormous Expansion In The Role Of Market Forces -- 7. The Democrats : Two Sets Of Problems -- Ideological And Structural -- 8. Conclusion : Three-quarters Or Half A Party -- Notes -- Index. Thomas B. Edsall. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [255]-307) And Index.