Affluence and Influence : Economic Inequality and Political Power in America /

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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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Gilens, Martin (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2012]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Folkrepresentation.
Intressegrupper.
Jämställdhet.
Politiskt beslutsfattanden.
Einflussnahme
Einkommensunterschied
Soziale Ungleichheit
Repräsentation
Representative government and representation.
Pressure groups.
Political planning.
Equality.
Decision making.
Politics and Government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > General.
Gouvernement representatif > États-Unis.
Prise de decision > États-Unis.
Politique publique > États-Unis.
Pressure groups > United States.
Representative government and representation > United States.
Equality > United States.
Decision making > United States.
Political planning > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
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Résumé: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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (352 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400844821

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