Constructing the Political Spectacle

Acknowledgments vi Some Premises about Politics 1(11) The Construction and Uses of Social Problems 12(25) The Construction and Uses of Political Leaders 37(29) The Construction and Uses of Political Enemies 66(24) The Ambiguities of Political News 90(13) Political Language and Political Reality 103(17) The Political Spectacle as Tactic and as Mystification 120(11) Index 131