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The rhythms of American politics / Brian J.L. Berry ... [and others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Politics and government--1993-.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Economic policy--1993-.
- Economic policy.
- United States--Social policy--1993-.
- Social policy.
- Progressivism (United States politics).
- Physical Description:
- xi, 164 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : University Press of America, [1998]
- Contents:
- The Cycles of History 4
- Rhythms in American Politics 7
- Chapter 2 Technological Change and Rising Inequality: The Keys to Downwave Politics 13
- Technological Imperatives 13
- Relationship to the Long Wave 17
- Technological Transformations, Conservative Surges, and Reformist Reactions 32
- The Macroeconomic Pattern and the Electoral Response 51
- Chapter 3 Divisiveness in the Long-Wave Trough 55
- Deflationary Stress 55
- The Competitive Eras 58
- Trough Wars and the Transition to Growth 70
- Chapter 4 Progressivism on the Upswing 75
- The Progressive Impulse 75
- Three Eras of Progressive Politics 80
- Chapter 5 Macroeconomy and Polity Revisited 101
- The Rhythms Synthesized 101
- Electoral Consequences 106
- Questions about Electoral Behavior 110
- Critical Elections: A Reformulation 114
- Chapter 6 The Rhythms in Action: From Postdiction to Prediction 119
- Looking Backward, 1770-1812 119
- Clinton Evaluated 122
- Looking Forward: The Next Half-Century 124.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [135]-147) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761811532
- 0761811540
- OCLC:
- 38993151
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