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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Main Authors: Schlozman, Kay Lehman, 1946- (Author), Verba, Sidney (Author), Brady, Henry E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Representative government and representation.
Political participation.
Equality.
Democracy.
Pressure groups.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civics & Citizenship.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Gouvernement representatif > États-Unis.
Participation politique > États-Unis.
Representative government and representation > United States.
Pressure groups > United States.
Democracy > United States.
Equality > United States.
Political participation > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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