Hopelessly divided [electronic resource] : the new crisis in American politics and what it means for 2012 and beyond / Douglas E. Schoen.
Material type:
- 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 -- 2001-2009
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- JK2261 .S357 2012eb
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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