WHO WILL TELL THE PEOPLE -- THE BETRAYAL OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

by William Greider © 1992 by William Greider

For Cameron McClure Greider and Katharine Smith Greider, with love and awe

Table of Contents:

• Inside Front Cover
• Introduction:  Mutual Contempt
• Part One:  Realities of Power
  • 1. Mock Democracy
  • 2. Well-Kept Secrets
  • 3. Bait and Switch
  • 4. The Grand Bazaar
  • 5. Hollow Laws
  • 6. The Fixers
• Part Two:  How May the People Speak to Power?
  • 7. The Politics of "Rude and Crude"
  • 8. Political Orphans
  • 9. Class Conflict
  • 10. Democratic Promise
• Part Three:  Mediating Voices
  • 11. Who Owns the Democrats?
  • 12. Rancid Populism
  • 13. Angle of Vision
  • 14. The Lost Generation
  • 15. Citizen GE
• Part Four:  Triumph and Loss
  • 16. Crackpot Realism
  • 17. The Closet Dictator
• Conclusion:  The American Moment
• Notes
• Acknowledgments
• Index