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[null,null,"Autore",null,"Medvic Stephen K."]
[null,null,"Titolo",null,"In defense of politicians : the expectations trap and its threat to democracy / / Stephen K. Medvic"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"New York : , : Routledge, , 2013"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"1-136-95735-9"]
[{"$nulls":4},"0-203-84972-8"]
[{"$nulls":4},"1-299-27860-4"]
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[null,null,"Edizione",null,"[1st ed.]"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (217 p.)"]
[null,null,"Collana",null,"Controversies in electoral democracy and representation"]
[null,null,"Classificazione",null,"POL000000POL008000POL040000"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"364.1/323"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"Reputation - United States"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Politicians - United States"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Political corruption - United States"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Description based upon print version of record."]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"In Defense of Politicians The Expectations Trap and Its Threat to Democracy; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 The Problem; Chapter 2 The Sources of Anti-Politician Sentiment; Chapter 3 The Public Lives of Politicians: Do Politicians Pander?; Chapter 4 The Public Lives of Politicians: Election (or Ideology, or Party) Above All Else?; Chapter 5 The 2011 Debt Ceiling Debate: A Case Study; Chapter 6 The Private Lives of Politicians: Ambition and Hypocrisy; Chapter 7 The Private Lives of Politicians: Dishonesty; Chapter 8 Rebuilding Trust in Politicians; Notes; References; Index"]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","Politicians are reviled. From jokes on late-night TV talk shows to radio show rants and from public opinion polls to ubiquitous conventional wisdom-politicians are among the most despised professional class in modern society. Drawing on seminal work in political science, Stephen K. Medvic convincingly argues to the masses that this blanket condemnation of politicians is both unfair and unwarranted. While some individual politicians certainly deserve scorn for misjudgments, moral failings, or even criminal acts, the assumption that all of them should be cast in a similar light is unjustified"]