TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gilligan, James
TI  - Why some politicians are more dangerous than others
SN  - 9780745649818
U1  - 320.5 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Polity Press
KW  - Democratic Party (U.S.)
KW  - Political parties - United States
KW  - Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
KW  - United States - Politics and government - 20th century
N2  - 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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