The people's machine: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the rise of blockbuster democracy

"In The People's Machine, reporter Joe Mathews, who covered Schwarzenegger for the Los Angeles Times, tells the remarkable story of how direct democracy and a blockbuster style that is pure Hollywood have finally merged in California." "The People's Machine is a blockbuster...

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1. Verfasser: Mathews, Joe (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Public Affairs 2006
Ausgabe:1. ed.
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Zusammenfassung:"In The People's Machine, reporter Joe Mathews, who covered Schwarzenegger for the Los Angeles Times, tells the remarkable story of how direct democracy and a blockbuster style that is pure Hollywood have finally merged in California." "The People's Machine is a blockbuster of its own: an extraordinary, behind-the-scenes account - history and journalism - of how a movie star tried to bend the nation's largest state to his will. Watch as Schwarzenegger battles forces more relentless than any cinematic foe: the largest budget deficit in state history, cagey politicians, and unions who want to terminate the Terminator. As he does so, Schwarzenegger builds a new kind of political machine out of old materials - celebrity, money, consultants, and ballot measures designed to rally "the people" - and discovers the possibilities and perils of his kind of power. Schwarzenegger wins and loses, but even his defeats prove to be big.
"Mathews reports with unmatched access and whip-smart analysis on the blessings and curses of Schwarzenegger-style governance, and shows why the entire country should brace itself for blockbuster democracy."--BOOK JACKET
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XXIV, 453 S. Ill.
ISBN:9781586482725
1586482726

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