Re: PJ's critique: US vs. Europe

1998-04-11 Thread maxsaw
.. . . Fine, anyone who has ever spent a month in Europe can dig PJ's meaning, but so what? If our guardian angel waved her remote tuner and magically produced a parliamentary system, given the nutbar of obsessions stalking our fractured so-called society there would be more single-issue

PJ's critique: US vs. Europe

1998-04-11 Thread valis
PJM writes: The answer as to why class politics did not emerge in the US with an electoral manifestation as opposed to Europe is SIMPLE. (Skocpol's analysis is so beside the point it is embarrassing.) It is the difference in the electoral systems. He then proceeds with a cogent explanation