LEADER 05261nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910345148103321 005 20200625171556.0 010 $a1-282-08697-9 010 $a9786612086977 010 $a1-4008-2835-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000756273 035 $a(EBL)445440 035 $a(OCoLC)331041830 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000986419 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11942265 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000986419 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10937658 035 $a(PQKB)10424974 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000264887 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12049666 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264887 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10292046 035 $a(PQKB)11457710 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC445440 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4500271 035 $a(WaSeSS)Ind00072152 035 $a(PPN)184115930 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000756273 100 $a20071030d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnequal democracy$b[electronic resource] $ethe political economy of the new gilded age /$fLarry M. Bartels 210 $aNew York $cRussell Sage Foundation ;$aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (342 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-14623-3 311 $a0-691-13663-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [305]-316) and index. 327 $aThe new gilded age -- Escalating economic inequality -- Interpreting inequality -- Economic inequality as a political issue -- Inequality and American democracy -- The partisan political economy -- Partisan patterns of income growth -- A partisan coincidence? -- Partisan differences in macroeconomic policy -- Macroeconomic performance and income growth -- Partisan policies and post-tax income growth -- Democrats, Republicans, and the rise of inequality -- Class politics and partisan change -- In search of the working class -- Has the white working class abandoned the Democratic party? -- Have working-class whites become more conservative? -- Do "moral values" trump economics? -- Are religious voters distracted from economic issues? -- Class politics, alive and well -- Partisan biases in economic accountability -- Myopic voters -- The political timing of income growth -- Class biases in economic voting -- The wealthy give something back: partisan biases in campaign spending -- Political consequences of biased accountability -- Do Americans care about inequality? -- Egalitarian values -- Rich and poor -- Perceptions of inequality -- Facts and values in the realm of inequality -- Homer gets a tax cut -- The Bush tax cuts -- Public support for the tax cuts -- Unenlightened self-interest -- The impact of political information -- Chump change -- Into the sunset -- The strange appeal of estate tax repeal -- Public support for estate tax repeal -- Is public support for repeal a product of misinformation? -- Did interest groups manufacture public antipathy to the estate tax? -- Elite ideology and the politics of estate tax repeal -- The eroding minimum wage -- The economic effects of the minimum wage -- Public support for the minimum wage -- The politics of inaction -- Democrats, unions, and the eroding minimum wage -- The earned income tax credit -- Reversing the tide -- Economic inequality and political representation -- Ideological representation -- Unequal responsiveness -- Unequal responsiveness on social issues: the case of abortion -- Partisan differences in representation -- Why are the poor unrepresented? -- Unequal democracy -- Who governs? -- Partisan politics and "the have-nots" -- Political obstacles to economic equality -- The city of utmost necessity. 330 $aUsing a vast swath of data spanning the past six decades, 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 the gap between the rich and poor has increased greatly under Republican administrations and decreased slightly under Democrats, leaving America grossly unequal. This is not simply the result of economic forces, but the product of broad-reaching policy choices in a political system dominated by partisan ideologies an 606 $aEquality$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aSocial classes$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States 606 $aPower (Social sciences)$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aDemocracy$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y1945- 615 0$aEquality$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial classes$xPolitical aspects 615 0$aPower (Social sciences)$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aDemocracy$xEconomic aspects 676 $a330.973 700 $aBartels$b Larry M.$f1956-$0857481 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910345148103321 996 $aUnequal democracy$91914695 997 $aUNINA