LEADER 03138nam 22006134a 450 001 9910451823203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-73078-5 010 $a9786611730789 010 $a0-300-13066-X 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300130669 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472006 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23049685 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000213638 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11185136 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000213638 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10151731 035 $a(PQKB)11778980 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420007 035 $a(DE-B1597)485132 035 $a(OCoLC)1024017887 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300130669 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420007 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170033 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL173078 035 $a(OCoLC)923589779 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472006 100 $a20050524d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOff center$b[electronic resource] $ethe Republican revolution and the erosion of American democracy /$fJacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-10870-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Off center -- Partying with the "people's money" -- The off-center express -- The race to the base -- The Republican machine -- The center does not hold -- Conclusion: Meeting the challenge. 330 $aThe 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 much more often than not, they have come out on top. This book shows why-and why this troubling state of affairs can and must be changed.Written in a highly accessible style by two professional political scientists, Off Center 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. In the best tradition of engaged social science, Off Center is a powerful and informed critique that points the way toward a stronger foundation for American democracy. 606 $aConservatism$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConservatism 676 $a324.2734/09/0511 700 $aHacker$b Jacob S$0880229 701 $aPierson$b Paul$01043503 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451823203321 996 $aOff center$92468522 997 $aUNINA