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Title: Politics for Dummies by Ann DeLaney ISBN: 0-7645-0887-3 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 22 April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.15 (13 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: It's not biased.
Comment: The reviews claiming it's a biased book are way off-track.
1. First of all, Republicans generally are upper-class and white. That's a proven, well-known fact. That doesn't mean there aren't Republicans that don't fit that profile, and that doesn't mean the book is biased for correctly reporting information. In addition, minorities, women, and lower-class whites tend to vote Democrat. Married housewives, as the exception, tend to vote Republican because their husbands are most likely Republican, etc. That doesn't mean the book is biased or anything; that's like saying a book that reports that the sky is blue is siding with all those "blue-sky folk, grr." O_o
2. The examples are clearly jokes and not to be taken seriously. Seeing as how the examples slant either way, I think it's really irrational to claim a Democratic bias.
What seems to be the case is some rather impressionable people who really *don't* know anything about politics (like basics of party demographics which is even on the news every other night) are reading it and trying to find bias. If you're a political dummy, but not irrational, then this book is fine.
Rating: 4
Summary: shallow, but certainly not biased
Comment: There are a lot of people who decried this book as biased, but perhaps they just didn't like what they read. There were some things in this book that could be construed as pro-democrat, but there were certainly pro-republican parts as well.
While some people don't like to think about the demographics of certain parties, it is an important part of politics, and the truth of the matter is that you can largely break down this country demographically and come up with largely consistant voting patterns. This book simply points that out - sorry if some people don't like that - and then yell about bias, since they don't like who they are grouped with.
While I would agree that political philosophies are the most important things to be concerned about, demographic breakdowns are helpful to let the reader now how those "values" are played out in the political arena, and who they tend to benefit.
However, this book is a book for dummies, and therefore only goes into politics very superficially. But, that is most likely what you want - a very basic overview, not an indepth anaylsis of each party's details.
So, I say, buy this relatively analytically shallow, but very fair book. Its nice for those of you who want to start getting more informed about the politics of the nation.
Rating: 3
Summary: For beginners
Comment: You have to remember that this is "for dummies". This is really a beginners introduction to politics. For those who already have an understanding of it, there is no need to read this book. After reading the book, I got the impression that the author herself did not have enough political experience to write a book on politics, even for people new to the subject. Really just basic information that anyone could learn simply by watching cspan a few times and watching the news regularly. The book can also become sidetracked and go off topic with its side-subjects, and its sybols can be hard to remember and are often misplaced. Again, only for beginners and not for people with prior knowledge of the subject.
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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide To American Government by Mary Shaffrey, Melanie Fonder ISBN: 0028643534 Publisher: Alpha Books Pub. Date: 13 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Congress for Dummies by David Silverberg, Dennis Hastert, Tom Daschel ISBN: 0764554212 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 19 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: World History for Dummies by Peter Haugen ISBN: 0764552422 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: U.S. History for Dummies by Steve Wiegand ISBN: 076455249X Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 15 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: U.S. Presidents for Dummies by Marcus Stadelmann ISBN: 0764508857 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 15 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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