{"product_id":"why-some-politicians-are-more-dangerous-than-others-hardback-9780745649818","title":"Why Some Politicians Are More Dangerous Than Others (Hardback) 9780745649818","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhy Some Politicians Are More Dangerous Than Others\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames Gilligan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745649818, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 August 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e180 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.7 x 14.7 x 1.9 cm, 0.435 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A quirky book that deserves to be taken seriously ... Gilligan's inferences are standing up.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Gilligan offers far more than a statistical argument. In Republican ideology, dependence is associated with dishonour and shame. Gilligan offers a compelling model of how this ethic triggers intolerable feelings of being discounted, disrespected, or 'dissed' that issue in violence.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Amazingly, until this book appeared nobody had spotted this trend.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Diplomat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"By fusing together the scientific rigour of evidence-based medicine with a wealth of theoretical insights from the social sciences, Gilligan’s book (provides) new and exciting ways of understanding the social and economic determinants of health and well-being.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLSE Politics Blog\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Gilligan's book deserves a wide audience. It is inspiring to find a social\/behavioral study that may turn out to be of great importance, and one that may also prove useful in furthering investigation of the emotion of shame.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eContemporary Psychology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Irrefutable evidence that the politics of the right can actually kill you.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMorning Star\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"If you believe politicians can make a difference then these statistics will confirm your beliefs.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The Republicans and Conservatives are bad for your health. They should come with the same warning that took years to become emblazoned on cigarette packets. This book goes a long way in working towards that.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eTribune\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"For everyone interested in American politics, this book is a must. It will change the way you think about our two major political parties.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGeorge Soros\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"James Gilligan has given us a new formula for thinking about American politics: smoking is to cancer as republicans are to suicides and homicides. His findings are not guesswork or political wishful thinking, but based on old-fashioned digging through thousands of pages about data. Gilligan is telling us, in essence, that how we vote is a life or death decision.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSeymour M. Hersh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A hugely important book, which needs to be widely known - not simply for its impact on voting, but also to make politicians more aware of the consequences of their actions and the non-voting public more aware of the importance of politics.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRichard Wilkinson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Level\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoliticians and the political process, even in ostensibly democratic  countries, can be deadly. James Gilligan has discovered a devastating  truth that has been \"hiding in plain sight\" for the past century -  namely, that when America's conservative party, the Republicans, have  gained the presidency, the country has repeatedly suffered from  epidemics of violent death. Rates of both suicide and homicide have  sky-rocketed. The reasons are all too obvious: rates of every form of  social and economic distress, inequality and loss - unemployment,  recessions, poverty, bankruptcy, homelessness also ballooned to epidemic  proportions. When that has happened, those in the population who were  most vulnerable have \"snapped\", with tragic consequences for everyone.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese epidemics of lethal violence have then remained at epidemic levels  until the more liberal party, the Democrats, regained the White House  and dramatically reduced the amount of deadly violence by diminishing  the magnitude of the economic distress that had been causing it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis pattern has been documented since 1900, when the US government  first began compiling vital statistics on a yearly basis, and yet it has  not been noticed by anyone until now except with regard to suicide in  the UK and Australia, where a similar pattern has been described.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis  book is a path-breaking account of a phenomenon that has implications  for every country that presumes to call itself democratic, civilized and  humane, and for all those citizens, voters and political thinkers who  would like to help their country move in that direction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements viii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction: Murder Mysteries 1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 A Matter of Life and Death 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 What Kind of a Man Are You? 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Nothing Succeeds Like Failure 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Shame of It All 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Who Wants To Be Redundant? 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Red States, Blue States: Honor vs. Guilt 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: The Mystery Solved: What Is To Be Done? 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppendices\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Accurate and Complete Are the Data? 195\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFigures and tables 205\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography 210\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 219\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52515861266712,"sku":"9780745649818","price":40.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745649818.jpg?v=1786669787","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/why-some-politicians-are-more-dangerous-than-others-hardback-9780745649818","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}