ISBN:
9781400883363
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xix, 399 pages)
Edition:
Second edition
Series Statement:
Russell Sage Foundation Co-Pub Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Bartels, Larry M., 1956 - Unequal democracy
DDC:
330.973
Keywords:
Ökonomische Theorie der Demokratie
;
Demokratie
;
Einkommensverteilung
;
Verteilungsgerechtigkeit
;
Soziale Ungleichheit
;
Verteilungspolitik
;
Sozialpolitik
;
Politische Willensbildung
;
Ideologie
;
Interessenpolitik
;
USA
;
Equality--Economic aspects--United States
;
Democracy Economic aspects
;
Equality Economic aspects
;
Political culture History
;
Power (Social sciences) Economic aspects
;
Social classes Political aspects
;
Political culture United States
;
History
;
Social classes Political aspects
;
United States
;
Power (Social sciences) Economic aspects
;
United States
;
Democracy Economic aspects
;
United States
;
United States Economic conditions
;
1945-
;
Equality Economic aspects
;
United States
;
Equality ; Economic aspects ; United States
;
Electronic books
;
USA
;
Demokratie
;
Politische Kultur
;
Macht
;
Ungleichheit
Abstract:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- 1. The New Gilded Age -- Escalating Economic Inequality -- Interpreting Inequality -- Economic Inequality as a Political Issue -- Inequality and American Democracy -- 2. The Partisan Political Economy -- Partisan Patterns of Income Growth -- A Partisan Coincidence? -- Partisan Differences in Macroeconomic Policy -- Macroeconomic Performance and Income Growth -- Do Presidents Still Matter? -- Partisan Redistribution -- Democrats, Republicans, and the Rise of Inequality -- 3. Partisan Biases in Economic Accountability -- Myopic Voters -- The Electoral Timing of Income Growth -- Class Biases in Economic Voting -- The Wealthy Give Something Back: Partisan Biases in Campaign Spending -- The Political Consequences of Biased Accountability -- 4. Do Americans Care about Inequality? -- Egalitarian Values -- Rich and Poor -- Perceptions of Inequality -- Facts and Values in the Realm of Inequality -- 5. Homer Gets a Tax Cut -- The Bush Tax Cuts -- Public Support for the Tax Cuts -- Unenlightened Self-Interest -- The Impact of Political Information -- The Long Sunset -- 6. 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 -- 7. The Eroding Minimum Wage -- The Economic Effects of the Minimum Wage -- Public Support for the Minimum Wage -- The Politics of Congressional Inaction -- Democrats, Unions, and the Eroding Minimum Wage -- Local Action -- The Earned Income Tax Credit -- 8. Economic Inequality and Political Representation -- Congressional Representation -- Unequal Responsiveness -- Partisan Differences in Responsiveness.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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