The unheavenly chorus unequal political voice and the broken promise of American democracy /
Politically active individuals and organizations make huge investments of time, energy, and money to influence everything from election outcomes to congressional subcommittee hearings to local school politics, while other groups and individual citizens seem woefully underrepresented in our political...
| Main Author: | Schlozman, Kay Lehman, 1946- |
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| Other Authors: | Verba, Sidney., Brady, Henry E., ProQuest (Firm) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
2012.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xxix, 693 pages) : illustrations. |
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Ebook Central (EBC)
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| Summary: |
Politically active individuals and organizations make huge investments of time, energy, and money to influence everything from election outcomes to congressional subcommittee hearings to local school politics, while other groups and individual citizens seem woefully underrepresented in our political system. The Unheavenly Chorus is the most comprehensive and systematic examination of political voice in America ever undertaken--and its findings are sobering. The Unheavenly Chorus is the first book to look at the political participation of individual citizens alongside the political advocacy of thousands of organized interests--membership associations such as unions, professional associations, trade associations, and citizens groups, as well as organizations like corporations, hospitals, and universities. |
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Introduction: democracy and political voice -- The (ambivalent) tradition of equality in America -- The context: growing economic inequality and weakening unions -- Equal voice and the dilemmas of democracy -- Does unequal voice matter? -- The persistence of unequal voice -- Unequal at the starting line: the intergenerational persistence of political inequality -- Political participation over the life cycle -- Political activism and electoral democracy: perspectives on economic inequality and political polarization -- Political voice through organized interests -- Who sings in the heavenly chorus? the shape of the organized interest system -- The changing pressure community -- Beyond organizational categories -- Political voice through organized interest activity -- Breaking the pattern through political recruitment -- Weapon of the strong? participatory inequality and the internet -- What, if anything, is to be done? -- Conclusion: equal voice and the promise of American democracy. Includes bibliographical references and index. Politically active individuals and organizations make huge investments of time, energy, and money to influence everything from election outcomes to congressional subcommittee hearings to local school politics, while other groups and individual citizens seem woefully underrepresented in our political system. The Unheavenly Chorus is the most comprehensive and systematic examination of political voice in America ever undertaken--and its findings are sobering. The Unheavenly Chorus is the first book to look at the political participation of individual citizens alongside the political advocacy of thousands of organized interests--membership associations such as unions, professional associations, trade associations, and citizens groups, as well as organizations like corporations, hospitals, and universities. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Available via World Wide Web. Users at some libraries may be required to establish an individual no-charge EBC account, and log in to access the full text. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xxix, 693 pages) : illustrations. |
| Format: |
Users at some libraries may be required to establish an individual no-charge EBC account, and log in to access the full text. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781400841912 1400841917 9781400898701 1400898706 |