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Off center : the Republican revolution and the erosion of American democracy

Author: Jacob S Hacker; Paul Pierson
Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2005.
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The Republicans who run American government today have defied the normal laws of political gravity. They have ruled with the slimmest of majorities and yet have transformed the nation's governing priorities. They have strayed dramatically from the moderate middle of public opinion and yet have faced little public backlash. Again and again, they have sided with the affluent and ideologically extreme while paying  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Electronic books
Additional Physical Format: Print version:
Hacker, Jacob S.
Off center.
New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2005
(DLC) 2005015114
(OCoLC)60515227
Material Type: Document, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors: Jacob S Hacker; Paul Pierson
ISBN: 9780300130669 030013066X 9780300108705 0300108702 1281730785 9781281730787
OCLC Number: 123244010
Description: 1 online resource (261 pages)
Contents: Introduction --
Off center --
Partying with the "people's money" --
The off-center express --
The race to the base --
The Republican machine --
The center does not hold --
Conclusion: Meeting the challenge.
Responsibility: Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson.
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