Empty dreams, empty pockets : class and bias in American politics
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Empty dreams, empty pockets : class and bias in American politics
Longman, c2000
2nd ed
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This brief book, appropriate for an American Government course, examines the relevance of American politics to the bottom 60% of income earners in the United States. Harrigan establishes a theme in the first chapter that "the bottom 60% of income earners in the U.S. constitute a lower-status population," and the main institutions of politics today have a significant bias against the economic interests of lower-status people. The author presents the central institutions and processes of American politics on a chapter by chapter basis, demonstrating how each of them contributes to this bias.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Bias and Politics in American Democracy.
2. The Constitution as Seen from Below.
3. Federalism: Bias Between State and Nation.
4. Public Opinion and Participation in American Politics: What we Think and What we Do.
5. The Media: Fuzzy Window on a Complex World.
6. Leadership Institutions: Parties, Interest Groups, and Political Movements.
7. Elections: The Heart of Democracy.
8. Congress and the Public Interest.
9. Bias in the American Presidency.
10. Bias in the Executive Branch.
11. Federal Courts and Lower Strata People.
12. Civil Liberties and Equal Justice Under the Law.
Index.
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