The Angry American: How Voter Rage Is

This timely volume outlines the history, causes, and consequences of anger in American politics today and embraces positive solutions to problems we are all entitled to be angry about.

Susan J. Tolchin teaches at the Institute of Public Policy at George Mason University. Together with Martin Tolchin, she has coauthored five books, including To the Victor, Clout, Dismantling America, Buying Into America, and Selling Our Security. In 1997, she received the Marshall Dimock Award from the American Society for Public Administration.

List of Tables and Illustrations

xi

(2)

Preface and Acknowledgments

xiii

1 Political Anger: The Dilemma of Voter Rage for Democratic Government

1

(22)

Anger in the Mainstream

3

(5)

Anger at Government

8

(4)

Anger and the Bipolarity of Issues

12

(2)

Anger and the Open Challenge to Government Legitimacy

14

(4)

Anger and the Absence of an External Threat

18

(2)

Mad As Hell

20

(3)

2 America and Its Discontents: The Roots of Antigovernment Anger

23

(28)

The Psychology of Political Anger

26

(6)

Anger, Confusion, and Political Change

32

(3)

Between the Centuries: Anger and Its Populist Roots

35

(2)

The Legacy of Violence and Distrust

37

(2)

Issues Born in Anger and Their Antecedents

39

(6)

Political Anger: A New Paradigm

45

(6)

3 The Visible Ceiling: Economic Uncertainty and Political Anger

51

(28)

The End of Optimism

54

(4)

The Wage Gap

58

(5)

The Jobs Dilemma

63

(4)

International Realities and Political Anxieties

67

(2)

The Boeing Strike: Globalism and the Visible Ceiling

69

(4)

Ignoring the Gap: The End of Bliss

73

(6)

4 The Cultural Divide: Zones of Intolerance on the Battlefield of Values

79

(30)

Back to Basics: Public Anxiety and Cultural Rifts

84

(4)

Anger Unbound: Do the Media Reflect or Manipulate Values?

88

(9)

The Danger Zone: Intolerance, Hate Language, and Political Blight

97

(6)

Gangsta Rap and Trash TV: The Objectification of Anger

103

(2)

The Tygers of Wrath

105

(4)

5 Raging Pol: Governing Angry Americans

109

(34)

Bipolarity in Politics

117

(4)

Antigovernment Anger

121

(14)

Extremes at Center Stage: The Militia, Waco, and Congress

135

(4)

Anyone But the Above

139

(4)

6 The Vision Thing: Competing Angers and Political Change

143

(20)

Anger Validated and Denied

149

(3)

Anger and the Truth About Government

152

(1)

Anger and the Pollsters

153

(3)

Anger and Blame

156

(1)

Anger and the Limits of Government

157

(2)

Anger on the High Road

159

(4)

Discussion Questions

163

(2)

Glossary

165

(2)

Notes

167

(18)

References

185

(6)

Index

191

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The Angry American: How Voter Rage Is Changing The Nation

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