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Hopelessly divided : the new crisis in American politics and what it means for 2012 and beyond / Douglas E. Schoen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012.Description: vi, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781442215238 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1442215232 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781442215252 (ebook)
  • 1442215259 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.973
LOC classification:
  • JK 2261 S365h 2012
Contents:
America on the brink -- The mainstream/political class divide -- The divide: a data portrait -- The great divide and the populist upsurge -- Left populism: principles and resurgence -- Hopes dashed: Obama and the left -- Right-wing populism: principles and resurgence -- George W. Bush and the right-wing implosion -- Independent voters: angry, volatile, and growing -- The power of money -- The K Street effect: how lobbyists have saturated public policy -- Redistricting, race, and the political class -- Conclusion: reform or fail.
Summary: Analyzes the widening gap between politicians, including lobbyists and consultants, and the American mainstream, and discusses the rise in populist movements that threatens to drive the two-party system to its collapse.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) JK 2261 S365h 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000115417

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

America on the brink -- The mainstream/political class divide -- The divide: a data portrait -- The great divide and the populist upsurge -- Left populism: principles and resurgence -- Hopes dashed: Obama and the left -- Right-wing populism: principles and resurgence -- George W. Bush and the right-wing implosion -- Independent voters: angry, volatile, and growing -- The power of money -- The K Street effect: how lobbyists have saturated public policy -- Redistricting, race, and the political class -- Conclusion: reform or fail.

Analyzes the widening gap between politicians, including lobbyists and consultants, and the American mainstream, and discusses the rise in populist movements that threatens to drive the two-party system to its collapse.

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