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Affluence and influence : economic inequality and political power in America /
Can a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the rich? In an ideal democracy, all citizens should have equal influence on government policy--but as this book demonstrates, America's policymakers respond almost exclusively to the preferences of the economica...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J : New York :
Princeton University Press ; Russell Sage Foundation,
[2012]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Can a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the rich? In an ideal democracy, all citizens should have equal influence on government policy--but as this book demonstrates, America's policymakers respond almost exclusively to the preferences of the economically advantaged. Affluence and Influence definitively explores how political inequality in the United States has evolved over the last several decades and how this growing disparity has been shaped by interest groups, parties, and elections. With sharp analysis and an impressive range of. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 329 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-321) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400844821 1400844827 1280713402 9781280713408 9786613677105 6613677108 |