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The Cash Ceiling
Why are Americans governed by the rich? Millionaires make up only three percent of the public but control all three branches of the federal government. How did this happen? What stops lower-income and working-class Americans from becoming politicians? The first book to answer these urgent questions, The Cash Ceiling provides a compelling and comprehensive account of why so few working-class people hold office--and what reformers can do about it. Using extensive data on candidates, politicians, party leaders, and voters, Nicholas Carnes debunks popular misconceptions (like the idea that workers are unelectable or unqualified to govern), identifies the factors that keep lower-class Americans o...
White-Collar Government
Eight of the last twelve presidents were millionaires when they took office. Millionaires have a majority on the Supreme Court, and they also make up majorities in Congress, where a background in business or law is the norm and the average member has spent less than two percent of his or her adult life in a working-class job. Why is it that most politicians in America are so much better off than the people who elect them— and does the social class divide between citizens and their representatives matter? With White-Collar Government, Nicholas Carnes answers this question with a resounding—and disturbing—yes. Legislators’ socioeconomic backgrounds, he shows, have a profound impact on ...
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Congress and Policy Making in the 21st Century
Leading political scientists analyze how Congress tackles - and fails to tackle - national challenges, from health care to immigration.
Subversive Control of Distributive, Processing, and Office Workers of America
Oct. 25 and 26, 1951 hearings were held in Memphis, Tenn.
Subversive Control of Distributive, Processing, and Office Workers of America
The subcommittee recommends that prompt attention be given to perfecting those provisions of bill S.2548, to make it unlawful for a member of a Communist organization to hold an office or employment with any labor organization, and to permit the discharge by employers of persons who are members of organizations designated as subversive by the Attorney General of the United States.
Contested Representation
This volume analyses the crisis of democratic representation in liberal democracies and offers reforms for representative institutions.
