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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • Citizen competence and democratic decision-making
  • Data and methods
  • The preference/policy link
  • Policy domains and democratic responsiveness
  • Interest groups and democratic responsiveness
  • Parties, elections, and democratic responsiveness
  • Democratic responsiveness across time
  • Money and American politics.

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