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Off center : the Republican revolution and the erosion of American democracy / Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson.
LIBRA JK2356 .H155 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hacker, Jacob S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).
- Conservatism--United States.
- Conservatism.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 261 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- Written in a highly accessible style by two professional political scientists, this narrative 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Off center
- Partying with the "people's money"
- New rules for radicals
- The race to the base
- The Republican machine
- The center does not hold
- Conclusion: Meeting the challenge.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-245) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300108702
- OCLC:
- 60515227
- Publisher Number:
- 9780300108705
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