Unequal Democracy : : The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age - Second Edition / / Larry M. Bartels.

Bartels's acclaimed examination of how the American political system favors the wealthy-now fully revised and expandedThe first edition of Unequal Democracy was an instant classic, shattering illusions about American democracy and spurring scholarly and popular interest in the political causes...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016]
©2017
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:Second
Language:English
Series:Russell Sage Foundation Co-pub
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Physical Description:1 online resource (424 p.) :; 3 halftones. 48 line illus. 53 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Preface to the First Edition
  • 1. The New Gilded Age
  • 2. The Partisan Political Economy
  • 3. Partisan Biases in Economic Accountability
  • 4. Do Americans Care about Inequality?
  • 5. Homer Gets a Tax Cut
  • 6. The Strange Appeal of Estate Tax Repeal
  • 7. The Eroding Minimum Wage
  • 8. Economic Inequality and Political Representation
  • 9. Stress Test: The Political Economy of the Great Recession
  • 10. The Defining Challenge of Our Time?
  • 11. Unequal Democracy
  • Postscript
  • References
  • Index