Hopelessly divided [electronic resource] : the new crisis in American politics and what it means for 2012 and beyond / Douglas E. Schoen.

By: Schoen, Douglas E, 1953-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012Description: vi, 287 pISBN: 9781442215252 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Political parties -- United States -- History -- 21st century | Divided government -- United States -- History -- 21st century | Two-party systems -- United States | Right and left (Political science) -- United States -- History -- 21st century | Populism -- United States -- History -- 21st century | United States -- Politics and government -- 2009- | United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 320.973 LOC classification: JK2261 | .S357 2012Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction -- America on the brink -- The mainstream/political class divide -- The divide: a data portrait -- The great divide and the populist upsurge -- Left populism: principles and resurgence -- Hopes dashed: Obama and the left -- Right-wing populism: principles and resurgence -- George W. Bush and the right-wing implosion -- Independent voters: angry, volatile, and growing -- The power of money -- The K Street effect: how lobbyists have saturated public policy -- Redistricting, race, and the political class -- Conclusion: reform or fail.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- America on the brink -- The mainstream/political class divide -- The divide: a data portrait -- The great divide and the populist upsurge -- Left populism: principles and resurgence -- Hopes dashed: Obama and the left -- Right-wing populism: principles and resurgence -- George W. Bush and the right-wing implosion -- Independent voters: angry, volatile, and growing -- The power of money -- The K Street effect: how lobbyists have saturated public policy -- Redistricting, race, and the political class -- Conclusion: reform or fail.

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