Why some politicians are more dangerous than others

By:

Gilligan, James

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: 2011 Polity Press CambridgeDescription: vii, 229 pISBN:

9780745649818

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DDC classification:

320.5 G4W4

Summary: Politicians and the political process, even in ostensibly democratic countries, can be deadly. James Gilligan has discovered a devastating truth that has been hiding in plain sight for the past century - namely, that when America's conservative party, the Republicans, have gained the presidency, the country has repeatedly suffered from epidemics of violent death. Rates of both suicide and homicide have sky-rocketed. The reasons are all too obvious: rates of every form of social and economic distress, inequality and loss - unemployment, recessions, poverty, bankruptcy, homelessness also ballooned to epidemic proportions. When that has happened, those in the population who were most vulnerable have snapped, with tragic consequences for everyone. (http://politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=9780745649818)

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Politicians and the political process, even in ostensibly democratic countries, can be deadly. James Gilligan has discovered a devastating truth that has been hiding in plain sight for the past century - namely, that when America's conservative party, the Republicans, have gained the presidency, the country has repeatedly suffered from epidemics of violent death. Rates of both suicide and homicide have sky-rocketed. The reasons are all too obvious: rates of every form of social and economic distress, inequality and loss - unemployment, recessions, poverty, bankruptcy, homelessness also ballooned to epidemic proportions. When that has happened, those in the population who were most vulnerable have snapped, with tragic consequences for everyone. (http://politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=9780745649818)

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