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Chain Reaction: The Impact of Race, Rights, and Taxes on American Politics

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I am more drawn to policy than to politics (political strategies and tactics, etc). Hence, although I both studied and taught political science/government, and later worked in government (including 10 years with a congressman), I paid little attention to the "politics" of government. This book (see the outstanding summary in Chapter 1) has been a real eye-opener (even when read in 2010).
The book offers invaluable insights into the strategies of the two main parties, and the rhetoric that surrounds them and their campaigns. I found it especially enlightening regarding my own party, the Democrats, who still today rely on various "special interests" (a pejorative applied by Republicans) and fail to perceive or acknowledge the costs (both political and policy) of such dependencies. Want to know more? Read this book. It really helps cut through the rhetoric to the reality.

of American politics as we now know them today. After you read this book, you will understand what a republican is and a democrat is. It deeply explains what has happened to the minorities in our country and does make a good arguement how the 1964 Civil Right Act has been the catalyst to the current situation we have today. This book has made me more politically aware then ever before, and aided me in making a more educated decision of where I stand on the political continuim. This is an undervalued book on the market today, and is a great bargain for the knowledge it will give you of contemporary America.

Got here on time for class and was a lot cheaper than the fsu bookstore!! Turned around and sold it back to the school and made a profit!!