Download or read book A Citizen’s Guide to American Ideology written by Morgan Marietta and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains the two dominant political ideologies in America today, providing an analysis of each as well as insight into their respective branches. The author employs a metaphor of a tree - growth from ideological roots to a core value, expanding into a problem that creates the competing branches of the ideology. This approach suggests a way to explain and compare the two ideologies to enhance democratic debate.