{"product_id":"realigners-partisan-hacks-political-visionaries-and-the-struggle-to-rule-american-democracy","title":"Realigners: Partisan Hacks, Political Visionaries, and the Struggle to Rule American Democracy","description":"One of The Wall Street Journal’s best political books of 2022\n\nAn eye-opening new history of American political conflict, from Alexander Hamilton to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.\n\nThese days it seems that nobody is satisfied with American democracy. Critics across the ideological spectrum warn that the country is heading toward catastrophe but also complain that nothing seems to change. At the same time, many have begun to wonder if the gulf between elites and ordinary people has turned democracy itself into a myth. The urges to defend the country’s foundations and to dismantle them coexist―often within the same people.\n\nHow did we get here? Why does it feel like the country is both grinding to a halt and falling to pieces? In Realigners, the historian Timothy Shenk offers an eye-opening new biography of the American political tradition. In a history that runs from the drafting of the Constitution to the storming of the Capitol, Shenk offers sharp pen portraits of signal characters from James Madison and Charles Sumner to Phyllis Schlafly and Barack Obama. The result is an entertaining and provocative reassessment of the people who built the electoral coalitions that defined American democracy―and a guide for a time when figures ranging from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to MAGA-minded nationalists seek to turn radical dreams into political realities. In an era when it seems democracy is caught in perpetual crisis, Realigners looks at earlier moments in which popular majorities transformed American life. We’ve had those moments before. And if there’s an escape from the doom loop that American politics has become, it’s because we might have one again.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0374138001\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: 4EKTGN001RA3_ns\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Shenk, Timothy\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41444867375162,"sku":"4EKTGN001RA3_ns","price":7.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0374138001-0.jpg?v=1780681930","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/realigners-partisan-hacks-political-visionaries-and-the-struggle-to-rule-american-democracy","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}