Affluence and Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America

by Martin Gilens

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Why policymaking in the United States privileges the rich over the poor

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 economically advantaged. Affluence and Influence definitively explores...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691162425

ISBN13:9780691162423

Release Date:April 2014

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:352 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"

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Class Elections & Political Process Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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