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Race & Class (London), Spring 1984. For general discussion, see
references of note 7.
23. On the character of such efforts as exist to come to terms with the
“radical critique,” see For Reasons of State, 42, 56f.; Christopher
Lasch’s introduction to Gar Alperovitz, Cold War Essays (Doubleday
Anchor, 1970).
24. Ferguson, “Party Realignment.” See Walter Dean Burnham, “The 1980
Earthquake,” in Thomas Ferguson and Joel Rogers, eds., The Hidden
Election (Pantheon, 1981), for discussion of the general topic, and
Saloma, Ominous Politics, chapter 5.
25. Daniel Yankelovich, Issues in Science and Technology (Fall, 1984);
Richard Severo, “Poll Finds Americans Split on Creation Idea,” NYT, Aug.
29, 1982, reporting a Gallup poll; 38% accepted divine guidance of
evolution. On Reagan’s views, see p. 189, above.
26. AP, BG, Oct. 21, 1985.
27. Saloma, Ominous Politics, xvii, xi.
28. Ferguson, “Party Realignment,” his emphasis.
29. Ibid. See also his “From Normalcy to New Deal,” International
Organization (Winter 1984).
30. Cohen and Rogers, On Democracy.
31. For some recent general discussion of this and related matters, see
William Domhoff, Who Rules America Now? (Prentice-Hall, 1983).
Ferguson observes that until 1856, members of Congress received no
regular salaries, “a subtle touch unappreciated by later analysts” (“Party
Realignment”).
32. Kolko, Main Currents, 284.
33. Quoted by McCann, An American Company, 45.
34. TNCW, 64; also For Reasons of State, chapter 7.
35. See TNCW, chapter 1.
36. Cf. LASA, “Electoral Process in Nicaragua,” 30-1.
37. Stephen Kinzer, NYT, Oct. 23, 1984.
38. Robert Eisner, NYT, July 8, 1984; Samuel Bowles, NYT, July 4, 1984;
Emma Rothschild, NYT, Oct. 28, 1984; Lawrence Klein, LAT, May 8,