Unequal and unrepresented : political inequality and the people's voice in the new gilded age /

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"How American political participation is increasingly being shaped by citizens who wield more resourcesThe Declaration of Independence proclaims equality as a foundational American value. However, Unequal and Unrepresented finds that political voice in America is not only unequal but also unrep...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Schlozman, Kay Lehman, 1946- (Autor), Brady, Henry E. (Autor), Verba, Sidney (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Political participation > United States.
Equality > United States.
Democracy > United States.
Pressure groups > United States.
Representative government and representation > United States.
Participation politique > États-Unis.
Gouvernement représentatif > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civics & Citizenship.
Pressure groups
Democracy
Equality
Political participation
Representative government and representation
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: What do we mean by political voice? Does equal voice matter?
  • The roots of citizen participation: the civic voluntarism model
  • Part II: Who exercises political voice?
  • The noisy and the silent: divergent preferences and needs
  • Do digital technologies make a difference?
  • Social movements and ordinary recruitment
  • Part III: Who sings in the heavenly chorus? The shape of the organized interest system
  • Representing interests through organizational activity
  • Part IV: Growing economic inequality and its (partially) political roots
  • Has it always been this way?
  • Can we do anything about it?
  • Unequal voice in an unequal age.

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