Unequal democracy : the political economy of the new gilded age /
| Основен автор: | Bartels, Larry M., 1956- |
|---|---|
| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York : Princeton :
Russell Sage Foundation ; Princeton University Press,
c2008.
|
| Предмети: | |
| Онлайн достъп: |
Table of contents only Book jacket |
Съдържание:
- Preface
- 1. The
- new gilded age
- Escalating economic inequality
- Interpreting inequality
- Economic inequality as a political issue
- Inequality and American democracy
- 2. The
- partisan political economy
- Partisan patterns of income growth
- A
- partisan coincidence?
- Partisan differences in macroeconomic policy
- Macroeconomic performance and income growth
- Partisan policies and post-tax income growth
- Democrats, Republicans, and the rise of inequality
- 3.
- Class politics and partisan change
- In search of the working class
- Has the white working class abandoned the Democratic party?
- Have working-class whites become more conservative?
- Do "moral values" trump economics?
- Are religious voters distracted from economic issues?
- Class politics, alive and well
- 4.
- Partisan biases in economic accountability
- Myopic voters
- The
- political timing of income growth
- Class biases in economic voting
- The
- wealthy give something back : partisan biases in campaign spending
- Political consequences of biased accountability
- 5.
- Do Americans care about inequality?
- Egalitarian values
- Rich and poor
- Perceptions of inequality
- Facts and values in the realm of inequality
- 6.
- Homer gets a tax cut
- The
- Bush tax cuts
- Public support for the tax cuts
- Unenlightened self-interest
- The impact of political information
- Chump change
- Into the sunset
- 7. The
- strange appeal of estate tax repeal
- Public support for estate tax repeal
- Is public support for repeal a product of misinformation?
- Did interest groups manufacture public antipathy to the estate tax?
- Elite ideology and the politics of estate tax repeal
- 8. The
- eroding minimum wage
- The
- economic effects of the minimum wage
- Public support for the minimum wage
- The
- politics of inaction
- Democrats, unions, and the eroding minimum wage
- The
- earned income tax credit
- Reversing the tide
- 9.
- Economic inequality and political representation
- Ideological representation
- Unequal responsiveness
- Unequal responsiveness on social issues : the case of abortion
- Partisan differences in representation
- Why are the poor unrepresented?
- 10.
- Unequal democracy
- Who governs?
- Partisan politics and "the have-nots"
- Political obstacles to economic equality
- The
- city of utmost necessity
- Selected references
- Index.