TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bartels,Larry M
TI  - Unequal democracy : the political economy of the new gilded age 
SN  - 9780691146232
AV  - HC106.5 .B347 2008
U1  - 330.973 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Equality
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Political culture
KW  - History
KW  - Social classes
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Power (Social sciences)
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 1945-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-316) and index; 1; The New Gilded Age --; 2; The Partisan Political Economy --; 3; Class Politics and Partisan Change --; 4; Partisan Biases in Economic Accountability --; 5; Do Americans Care about Inequality? --; 6; Homer Gets a Tax Cut --; 7; The Strange Appeal of Estate Tax Repeal --; 8; The Eroding Minimum Wage --; 9; Economic Inequality and Political Representation --; 10; Unequal Democracy
N2  - "Unequal Democracy debunks many myths about politics in contemporary America, using the widening gap between the rich and the poor to shed disturbing light on the workings of American democracy. Larry Bartels shows that increasing inequality is not simply the result of economic forces, but the product of broad-reaching policy choices in a political system dominated by partisan ideologies and the interests of the wealthy." "Unequal Democracy is social science at its very best. It provides a deep and searching analysis of the political causes and consequences of America's growing income gap, and a sobering assessment of the capacity of the American political system to live up to its democratic ideals."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -