Thanks to the ready availability of political news today, informed citizens can protect and promote their own interests and the public interest more effectively. Or can they? Murray Edelman argues against this conventional interpretation of politics, one that takes for granted that we live in a world of facts and that people react rationally to the facts they know. In doing so, he explores in detail the ways in which the conspicuous aspects of the political scene are interpretations that systematically buttress established ...
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Thanks to the ready availability of political news today, informed citizens can protect and promote their own interests and the public interest more effectively. Or can they? Murray Edelman argues against this conventional interpretation of politics, one that takes for granted that we live in a world of facts and that people react rationally to the facts they know. In doing so, he explores in detail the ways in which the conspicuous aspects of the political scene are interpretations that systematically buttress established inequalities and interpretations already dominant political ideologies.
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Good- in Missing jacket. Size: 0x0x0; Good-hardcover copy of "Constructing the Political Spectacle" by Murray J. Edelman, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). No dust jacket. vi, 137pp. Front endpaper has date written on it, text has faded highlighting. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.