A review by casualblasphemy
Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism by Cornel West

3.0

West has a strong thesis--that American democracy is failing due to corporate/gov't collusion and an apathetic populace--and backs it up convincingly, but I feel like his editors asked him to pad the book a little. He hammers many of his points home far more than seems necessary. He also throws in an occasional strong opinion without backing it up. One example of this is when he berates Thomas Friedman--of NYTimes and The World is Flatfame--for having no clue what he's talking about when it comes to the Middle East (I'd quote him, but I don't have the book in front of me at the moment).