Beyond the Politics of Disappointment

By the author of "The Idea of Fraternity in America" which won the National Historical Society prize in 1973.

Offers an evaluation of electoral trends - distrust of government, desire for a renewal of the American dream, decreasing voter turnout, support for self-government, debate over the shape of political conflict - which the author characterizes as a politics of disappointment.

A provocative evaluation of electoral trends––distrust of government, desire for a renewal of the American dream, decreasing voter turnout, support for self-government, debate over the shape of political conflict––which McWilliams characterizes as a politics of disappointment. Includes an incisive analysis of the Clinton years and the impeachment trial.