unequal political voice and the broken promise of American democracy /
First Statement of Responsibility
Kay Lehman Schlozman, Sidney Verba, Henry E. Brady
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Oxford :
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Princeton University Press,
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c2012
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xxix, 693 p. :
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ill. ;
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24 cm
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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