Albert P. Melone is professor emeritus of political science at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

• Chapter 1: A Proximate Understanding Chapter 2: The Irony of DemocracyChapter 3: Political Elites and The Decline of Political CultureChapter 4: Alienation and DemocracyChapter 5: Midterm RebuffChapter 6: Policy Differences and PartisanshipChapter 7: Personality, Leadership and PropagandaChapter 8: What Is to Be Done?Chapter 9: An Era of TransformationChapter 10: The Core Problem

Albert P. Melone is professor emeritus of political science at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

• Chapter 1: A Proximate Understanding Chapter 2: The Irony of DemocracyChapter 3: Political Elites and The Decline of Political CultureChapter 4: Alienation and DemocracyChapter 5: Midterm RebuffChapter 6: Policy Differences and PartisanshipChapter 7: Personality, Leadership and PropagandaChapter 8: What Is to Be Done?Chapter 9: An Era of TransformationChapter 10: The Core Problem

Albert P. Melone is professor emeritus of political science at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

• Chapter 1: A Proximate Understanding Chapter 2: The Irony of DemocracyChapter 3: Political Elites and The Decline of Political CultureChapter 4: Alienation and DemocracyChapter 5: Midterm RebuffChapter 6: Policy Differences and PartisanshipChapter 7: Personality, Leadership and PropagandaChapter 8: What Is to Be Done?Chapter 9: An Era of TransformationChapter 10: The Core Problem