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Aired: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11-12PM ET
By host Tom Ashbrook:
American democracy was never a perfect heaven, but big-picture political scientist Alan Wolfe is afraid it's now on a road to the perfect hell. Uninformed, emotional voters, manipulative, button-pushing politicians, few checks, no balances, and at stake, the very idea of democracy as Americans have known it -- pluralistic, consensual, steady.
In his new book "Does American Democracy Still Work", Wolfe warns there is a sickness in the body politic. Lazy, naive, fearful voters, and a "politics of fantasy." Both parties indulge, he says, but the ruling party has mastered the mix.
Hear a conversation with Alan Wolfe on where we're headed, as a democracy, and what to do about it.
Quotes from the Show:
"Election 2006 is an important election because it is an election on accountability." Alan Wolfe
| · | Alan Wolfe, professor of political science and director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College. His new book is "Does American Democracy Still Work?" | | · | Jack Beatty, On Point news analyst and senior editor at The Atlantic Monthly |
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