America's Inequality Trap /

The gap between the rich and the poor has grown dramatically in the United States and is now at its widest since at least the early 1900s. While by most measures the economy has been improving, soaring cost of living and stagnant wages have done little to assuage economic anxieties. Conditions like...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kelly, Nathan J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2020]
Colección:Chicago Studies in American Politics
Temas:
Elections > Economic aspects > United States.
Elections > United States > Economic aspects.
Equality > Political aspects > United States.
Income distribution > Political aspects > United States.
Wealth > Political aspects > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
elections.
inequality.
policy making.
political behavior.
political economy.
political institutions.
power.
public opinion.
redistribution.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ONE. Contemporary Politics and the Perpetuation of Inequality
  • TWO. An Inescapable Plutocracy?
  • THREE. Public Preferences and Economic Inequality
  • FOUR. Elections and the Inequality Trap
  • FIVE. Partisan Convergence and Financial Deregulation
  • SIX. Polarization and Policy Stagnation
  • SEVEN. Can We Escape the Trap?
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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