Off Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy; With a new Afterword
by Jacob S. Hacker, Paul Pierson (Author)
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The Republicans who run American government today have defied the normal laws of political gravity. They have ruled with the slimmest of majorities and yet have transformed the nation's governing priorities. They have strayed dramatically from the moderate middle of public opinion and yet have faced little public backlash. Again and again, they have sided with the affluent and ideologically extreme while paying little heed to the broad majority of Americans. And they have come out on top. show more This book shows why--and why this state of affairs can and must be changed. Written by two professional political scientists, it 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 by and for powerful interests and deliberately designed to mute popular discontent.--From publisher description. show lessTags
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Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson are political scientists at Yale University and the University of California, Berkeley, respectively, and the coauthors of three books, including the New York Times bestseller Winner-Take-All Politics. Hacker lives in New Haven, Connecticut. Pierson lives in Berkeley, California.
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- USA
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 324.2734090511
- Canonical LCC
- JK2356
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- Politics and Government, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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- 324.2734090511 — Social sciences Political science The political process Political parties North America United States
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- JK2356 — Political Science Political institutions and public administration (United States) Political institutions and public administration United States Political parties
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