Demanding Democracy

by Robert Schmuhl

Book Overview

Public interest in the 1992 presidential campaign resulted in the highest electoral turnout since the heated, war-focused 1968 race involving Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, and George Wallace. In Demanding Democracy Robert Schmuhl examines the unparalleled interplay among citizens, political figures, and the media during the 1992 election year, arguing that a number of events--the hunger of an angry electorate for answers to their problems, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268008736
• ISBN13: 9780268008734
• Release Date: August 1994
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A worthwhile book.

This is a good book. And like all Schmuhl books, it is an easy read with memorable one liners that put situations in proper perspective. A worthwhile topic, to be sure. Schmuhl is an engaging personality in his own right -- I took his "American Political Life" course at the University of Notre Dame. One of my favorite classes and one of my favorite professors. I think his best work however is "The Age of Personality."