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Title
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 Homer Simpson goes to Washington : American politics through popular culture / edited by Joseph J. Foy ; with a foreword by Stanley K. Schultz.
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Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2008.
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xi, 266 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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JK31 .H85 2008
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Aye on Springfield : reasons to vote "yes" on popular culture / Greg Ahrenhoerster -- R for revolution : Hobbes and Locke on social contracts and scarlet Carsons / Dean A. Kowalski -- Political culture and public opinion : the American dream on Springfield’s evergreen terrace / J. Michael Bitzer -- Congress, corruption, and political culture : Mr. Bulworth goes to Washington / John Grummel -- The president as hero : don’t blame me, I voted for Bartlet / Jennifer J. Hora -- Seeking justice in America’s two-tiered legal system : "I plead the fif" / Kristi Nelson Foy, Joseph J. Foy -- Madisonian pluralism and interest group politics: inhaling democracy, choking on elitism / Joseph J. Foy -- Entertainment media and political knowledge : do people get any truth out of truthiness? / Christopher A. Cooper, Mandi Bates Bailey -- Broadcast news and the movies : wagging somebody’s dog / Dick Flannery -- Torture, terrorism, and 24 : what would Jack Bauer do? / Timothy Dunn -- Civil liberties v. Law and order : exploring responses to terrorism in the siege / Nathan Zook -- Influencing American foreign policy through popular music : all the world’s a stage / Brett S. Sharp -- Twentieth-century American folk music and the popularization of protest: three chords and the truth / Craig W. Hurst -- Reevaluating democracy in America : profound disappointment, profound hope / Margaret Hankenson.
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"Joseph J. Foy and other contributing scholars offer a variety of perspectives on politics through the framework of popular culture."-inside jacket.
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United States -- Politics and government -- Miscellanea.
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Foy, Joseph J.
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