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Lädt ... What's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Heart of America (Original 2004; 2004. Auflage)von Thomas Frank
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Damn, this guy is such a good writer. ( ) One of the best explanations for 2016 I've read yet - and it was written in 2004. A tad dated but nevertheless spot on in it's analysis of why the culture wars dominate politics and the blasé way that the rankest hypocrisy is ignored in political discourse. The only downside was it length (a bit too long) and the organization of notes at the end. I think generally it's a good book to understand the mentality of midwest conservatives. It does a good job showing just how we got to the point that low-income voters will almost unanimously line up behind anyone willing to claim abortion is murder or religion belongs in schools. It had some really good points about how conservative politicians will run on social issues then primarily legislate on economic ones, and how low income republicans are basically voting against their own economic interests constantly - something I haven't seen as much in my other readings. However I would have liked a lot more data and citations because most of his arguments just sounded like a left-wing Ann Coulter: arguing that this is how the conservatives think and vote and are impacted with little to no external evidence to back it up. Stats on the decline of small business in Kansas, or the increase in voting based on social issues, or changes in wealth inequality. Without this the tone just came off kind of condescending. Additionally some discussion of the people manipulating these voters would have been good, rather than just name drop Coulter and Hannity and not talk specifics as to what they've done
Frank's book is remarkable as an anthropological artifact. Although not terribly successful at explaining the cultural divide, it manages to exemplify it perfectly in its condescension toward people who don't vote as Frank thinks they should. Prestigeträchtige Auswahlen
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