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The cash ceiling : why only the rich run for office--and what we can do about It /

Why are Americans governed by the rich? Millionaires make up only three percent of the public but control all three branches of the federal government. How did this happen? What stops lower-income and working-class Americans from becoming politicians? This book is a compelling and comprehensive acco...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Carnes, Nicholas, 1984- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Collection:Princeton studies in political behavior.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Government by the privileged
  • The conventional wisdom (is wrong)
  • Why don't workers run?
  • What's stopping them?
  • What can we do about it?
  • Moving the needle.