Steven Michels is associate professor of political science at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. His published work includes a number of articles and chapters on politics and culture.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Power and the People1 The World Needs Ditch Diggers, Too: Nonrepresentation2 Come Together: Tyranny of the Majority3 The Trivial Pursuit of Happiness: Materialism and Greed4 Voting Is for Old People: Nonparticipation5 Culture, Clubbed: Ignorance and Decadence6 In the Flat Field: Equality over Merit7 Red, White, and Blue in Tooth and Claw: Self-interest and Faction8 A Bridge to Nowhere Too Far: Inefficiency and Instability9 All She Wants to Do Is Dance: Isolationism or ExceptionalismConclusion: Fixing the HolesNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

Steven Michels is associate professor of political science at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT. His published work includes a number of articles and chapters on politics and culture.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Power and the People1 The World Needs Ditch Diggers, Too: Nonrepresentation2 Come Together: Tyranny of the Majority3 The Trivial Pursuit of Happiness: Materialism and Greed4 Voting Is for Old People: Nonparticipation5 Culture, Clubbed: Ignorance and Decadence6 In the Flat Field: Equality over Merit7 Red, White, and Blue in Tooth and Claw: Self-interest and Faction8 A Bridge to Nowhere Too Far: Inefficiency and Instability9 All She Wants to Do Is Dance: Isolationism or ExceptionalismConclusion: Fixing the HolesNotesSelected BibliographyIndex