TY - BOOK AU - Hacker,Jacob S. AU - Pierson,Paul TI - Off center: the republican revolution and the erosion of American democracy SN - 0300119755 (pbk.) AV - JK2356 U1 - 324.2734 PY - 2006/// CY - New Haven, Conn. [u.a.] PB - Yale Univ. Press KW - Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) KW - Conservatism KW - United States KW - Geschichte KW - 2001-2005 KW - Konservativismus ; SWD-ID: 40321873 KW - Polarisierung ; SWD-ID: 42015194 KW - Politik ; SWD-ID: 40465147 KW - Republican Party KW - US 1854- KW - Republikanische Partei ; SWD-ID: 41026251 KW - USA ; SWD-ID: 40787047 N2 - Suggesting that the Republicans who run American government have defied the normal laws of political gravity, this book tells the story of a deliberative process restricted and distorted by party chieftains, of unresponsive power brokers subverting the popular will, and of legislation written and deliberately designed to mute popular discontent UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006928580-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0662/2006928580-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0708/2006928580.html ER -