ABSTRACT
Today there are few social scientists who would deny that a foreign policy 'establishment', rooted in the policy-planning network, shapes American foreign policy. The chapter explores an overemphasis on 'ideological hegemony' in explaining the acceptance of the current socioeconomic system. It appears in a sentence where she says that the executive branch of the federal government is now 'the most important'. The interviews with white Southerners for Fat Cats and Democrats that convinced me it made both economic and political sense for conservative rich whites to remain Democrats. They gave liberals, leftists, and union members their first potential nationwide organizational base, an argument she have made in detail on how to bring about progressive social change in the United States. The chapter focuses on the political arena at all; it is usually through one or another third party, as demonstrated by the continuing efforts of the Green Party despite the disastrous outcome of the 2000 presidential elections for the programs.
