The People's Machine: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of Blockbuster Democracy - Couverture rigide

Mathews, Joe

 
9781586482725: The People's Machine: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Rise of Blockbuster Democracy
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ISBN 10 : 1586482726 ISBN 13 : 9781586482725
Editeur : PublicAffairs, 2006

Synopsis

California voters passed Proposition 13 in 1978. At the same time, a champion bodybuilder named Arnold Schwarzenegger was becoming a movie star. Over the past quarter century, the twin arts of direct democracy (through ballot initiatives designed to push the public to the polls on election day) and blockbuster moviemaking (through movies designed to push the public to the theaters on opening weekend) grew up together, at home in California. With the state's recall election in 2003, direct democracy and blockbuster movies officially merged. The result: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In The People's Machine, political reporter Joe Mathews, who covered Schwarzenegger's gubernatorial campaign for the Los Angeles Times and who has subsequently broken many front page stories about him, traces the roots of both movie and political populism, how Schwarzenegger used these twin forces to win election and, especially, how he has used them to govern. "Let the people decide," said Governor Schwarzenegger after his inauguration. The People's Machine, through remarkable access and whip-smart analysis—there is news in this book—reports on whether this system of governing proves blessing, curse, or mess, and on the remarkable Austrian bodybuilder, movie star, and political man with the nerve to carry it out.

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À propos de l?auteur

Joe Mathews is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, a fourth generation Californian, and a Little League baseball coach. Raised in Pasadena, he graduated from Harvard College and worked at the Baltimore Sun and Wall Street Journal before joining the Times. With his wife Anna, he lives in Los Angeles and Arlington, Va.

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Éditeur
PublicAffairs
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1586482726
ISBN 13 
9781586482725
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
480
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