Download or read book American Government and the Vision of the Democrats written by Mark Louis Latour and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2007 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a comprehensive introduction to the most important issues facing American citizens and their government. It addresses various interpretations of the proper role of government with a view towards the Democrats re-working of such integral issues as: -States' rights -Societal affluence and social needs -Campaign finance reform -Media Consolidation -America's climbing debt ceiling -China's military and political expansion -Manufacturing's decline -Job outsourcing -The disappearance of pension plans -The whittling away of America's middle class -America's inadequate health care system -Environmental degradation -America's vanishing family farms