LEADER 03424nam 22006612 450 001 9910462903103321 005 20151005020624.0 010 $a1-107-70254-2 010 $a1-139-89058-1 010 $a1-107-70160-0 010 $a1-107-66544-2 010 $a1-107-68827-2 010 $a1-107-70360-3 010 $a1-107-59797-8 010 $a0-511-99846-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000485236 035 $a(EBL)1543664 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001036405 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12461503 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001036405 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11041798 035 $a(PQKB)10829531 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511998461 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1543664 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1543664 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10826626 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL568862 035 $a(OCoLC)867630789 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000485236 100 $a20110114d2013|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDemocracy and its elected enemies $eAmerican political capture and economic decline /$fSteven Rosefielde, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Daniel Quinn Mills, Harvard University$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (199 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-47593-7 311 $a1-107-01265-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart I: The Challenge of American Politocracy. 1. Hard times; 2. Democracy; 3. Politocracy; 4. Silver lining?; 5. Road to ruin; 6. Burden and spoils; 7. Treadmill of reform -- Part II: How Politocracy Drives American Policy. 8. Subprime mortgage crisis; 9. Foreign imbroglios; 10. Transnationalism -- Part III: Democratic Retreat and Revival. 11. Global retreat; 12. Recovering lost ground. 330 $aDemocracy and its Elected Enemies reveals that American politicians have usurped their constitutional authority, substituting their economic and political sovereignty for the people's. This has been accomplished by creating an enormous public service sector operating in the material interest of politicians themselves and of their big business and big social advocacy confederates to the detriment of workers, the middle class and the non-political rich, jeopardizing the nation's security in the process. Steven Rosefielde and Daniel Quinn Mills contend that this usurpation is the source of America's economic decline and fading international power, and provide an action plan for restoring 'true' democracy in which politicians only provide the services people vote for within the civil and property rights protections set forth in the constitution. 517 3 $aDemocracy & its Elected Enemies 606 $aDemocracy$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$y21st century 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a320.97309/051 700 $aRosefielde$b Steven$0147100 702 $aMills$b Daniel Quinn 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462903103321 996 $aDemocracy and its elected enemies$92492446 997 $aUNINA