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Hopelessly divided : the new crisis in American politics and what it means for 2012 and beyond / Douglas E. Schoen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schoen, Douglas E., 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Divided government--United States--History--21st century.
- Divided government.
- Political parties--United States--History--21st century.
- Political parties.
- Populism--United States--History--21st century.
- Populism.
- Right and left (Political science)--United States--History--21st century.
- Right and left (Political science).
- Two-party systems--United States.
- Two-party systems.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--2009-2017.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Just 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-42813-8
- 979-82-16-34571-8
- 1-280-65809-6
- 9786613635020
- 1-4422-1525-9
- OCLC:
- 793520605
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