LEADER 03326nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910779269503321 005 20230124183743.0 010 $a1-280-65809-6 010 $a9786613635020 010 $a1-4422-1525-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000102519 035 $a(EBL)902586 035 $a(OCoLC)793520605 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000646150 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12255994 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000646150 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10684632 035 $a(PQKB)11228795 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC902586 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL902586 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10556421 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL363502 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000102519 100 $a20111130d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHopelessly divided$b[electronic resource] $ethe new crisis in American politics and what it means for 2012 and beyond /$fDouglas E. Schoen 210 $aLanham, Md. $cRowman & Littlefield Publishers$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (295 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4422-1524-0 311 $a1-4422-1523-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- America on the brink -- The mainstream/political class divide -- The divide: a data portrait -- The great divide and the populist upsurge -- Left populism: principles and resurgence -- Hopes dashed: Obama and the left -- Right-wing populism: principles and resurgence -- George W. Bush and the right-wing implosion -- Independent voters: angry, volatile, and growing -- The power of money -- The K Street effect: how lobbyists have saturated public policy -- Redistricting, race, and the political class -- Conclusion: reform or fail. 330 $aJust in time for the 2012 election, Douglas E. Schoen, one of America's preeminent political pundits, analyzes the growing chasm between the political class-politicians, lobbyists, fundraisers, consultants-and the American Mainstream, frustrated with government's inability to address the major issues affecting their lives. This gap has given rise to populist movements on the right and the left and driven our two-party system to the brink of possible collapse-in ways that have never been fully discussed or articulated. 606 $aPolitical parties$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aDivided government$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aTwo-party systems$zUnited States 606 $aRight and left (Political science)$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aPopulism$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2009- 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2001-2009 615 0$aPolitical parties$xHistory 615 0$aDivided government$xHistory 615 0$aTwo-party systems 615 0$aRight and left (Political science)$xHistory 615 0$aPopulism$xHistory 676 $a320.973 700 $aSchoen$b Douglas E.$f1953-$01473038 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779269503321 996 $aHopelessly divided$93796513 997 $aUNINA