Millennial makeover : MySpace, YouTube, and the future of American politics / Morley Winograd, Michael D. Hais.

First paperback printing, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-303) and index.

Pt. I. Cycles of American Politics -- 1. The Rise and Fall of Political Parties in America -- 2. Idealist and Civic Eras in American History -- 3. Politicians Love to Talk -- 4. Meet the Millennials -- 5. Millennials Will Spearhead the Coming Political Realignment -- Pt. II. Transition to a New Era -- 6. The Realignment Begins -- 7. Winning without the Mother's Milk of Politics -- 8. The Technology Tsunami -- 9. Social Networks Will Change America's Political Map -- 10. Winning the Technology Arms Race -- Pt. III. The New American Political Landscape -- 11. Triggering a New America -- 12. Who Will Party with Whom? -- 13. Who Will Lead the Realignment? -- 14. Rebuilding America's Civic Infrastructure -- 15. Public Policy in a Millennial Era -- Afterword: To see the future you have to understand the past.

"It happens in America every four decades and it is about to happen again. America's demand for change in the 2008 election will cause another of our country's periodic political makeovers. This realignment, like all others before it, will result from the coming of age of a new generation of young Americans - the Millennial Generation - and the full emergence of the Internet-based communications technology that this generation uses so well." "Building on the seminal work of previous generational theorists, Morley Winograd and Michael D. Hais demonstrate and describe, for the first time, the two types of realignments - "idealist" and "civic" - that have alternated with one another throughout the nation's history. Based on these patterns, Winograd and Hais predict that the next realignment will be very different from the last one that occurred in 1968." "The authors detail the contours and causes of the country's five previous political makeovers before delving deeply into the generational and technological trends that will shape the next. The book's final section forecasts the impact of the Millennial Makeover on the elections, issues, and public policies that will characterize America's politics in the decades ahead."--BOOK JACKET.