The Dark Side of Politics

<p>This series of scholarly chapters explores the unpleasant realities of modern politics ¿ and American politics in particular ¿ by examining how self- interest, war, violence, deception and institutional failure continue to characterize the political landscape.</p><p>Author Benjamin Ginsberg argues that the political world in which we like to think we live ¿ the world of civic engagement, representative government and principled political discourse ¿ is fleeting and fragile, resting uneasily upon the foundation of a harsh and dark reality.</p><p>Making a fundamental contribution to our understandings of politics, this book is an important read for students and scholars of American Politics and Government.</p>