Why Americans Don't Vote

By Richard A. Cloward and Frances Fox Piven

Book Overview

Now in paperback, a masterful account of why so few Americans vote and of how our electoral process works to keep it that way--updated to include an analysis of this year's election results. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394553969
• ISBN13: 9780394553962
• Release Date: April 1988
• Publisher: Pantheon Books
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent, in-depth look at american polling tendencies

This is an intriguing look into what inspires americans to be so apathetic and lackluster in todays polls, starting from the founding of our nations and proceeding through the start of the phenomena in the early 1900s and on. It includes looks into how parties controlled voters, the impact of the Civil War on elections, and other aspects of the American democratic system.