Martin Gilens: 2 books
Democracy in America?
What Has Gone Wrong and What We Can Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
America faces daunting problems—stagnant wages, high health care costs, neglected schools, deteriorating public services. Yet the government consistently ignores the needs of its citizens, paying attention instead to donors and organized interests. Real issues are held hostage to demagoguery, partisanship...
Affluence and Influence
Economic Inequality and Political Power in America
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
Can a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the rich? In an ideal democracy, all citizens should have equal influence on government policy--but as this book demonstrates, America's policymakers respond almost exclusively to the preferences of the economically...