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Unequal struggle : class, gender, race, and power in the U.S. Congress

Author: John C Berg
Publisher: Boulder : Westview Press, [1994]
Series: Interventions--theory and contemporary politics.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The United States combines formal political equality with concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few. Why, then, do the majority not use their votes to change this state of affairs? In this book, John C. Berg argues that the structure of the capitalist economy constrains progressive congressional action. Asserting that neither pluralism nor institutionalism adequately explains congressional outcomes, he  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Berg, John C.
Unequal struggle.
Boulder : Westview Press, [1994]
(OCoLC)621025315
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John C Berg
ISBN: 0813312949 9780813312941
OCLC Number: 30975784
Description: x, 187 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Congress in political science --
The Pluralist approach --
The Institutionalist approach --
Marxism. Congress and big business --
Corporate hegemony --
The Savings and loan crisis. Congress and smaller business --
The Power bloc--
Political action committees --
The Tax Reform Act of 1986. Congress and the labor movement --
Unions in politics --
The Fight for trade union legality. Congress and women --
Marxist and feminist theories --
Causes of women's underrepresentation --
Consequences of women's underrepresentation. Congress and African Americans --
Reconstruction--
The Twentieth century --
The Congressional Black Caucus --The Alternative budget. Congress and social protest --
Six who spoke out.
Series Title: Interventions--theory and contemporary politics.
Responsibility: John C. Berg.

Abstract:

The United States combines formal political equality with concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a few. Why, then, do the majority not use their votes to change this state of affairs? In this book, John C. Berg argues that the structure of the capitalist economy constrains progressive congressional action. Asserting that neither pluralism nor institutionalism adequately explains congressional outcomes, he offers an alternative Marxist analysis that recognizes how political struggle exists within limits posed by the need to maintain capitalist prosperity.

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