TY - BOOK AU - Schoen,Douglas E. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Hopelessly divided: the new crisis in American politics and what it means for 2012 and beyond AV - JK2261 .S357 2012eb U1 - 320.973 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Lanham, Md. PB - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers KW - Political parties KW - United States KW - History KW - 21st century KW - Divided government KW - Two-party systems KW - Right and left (Political science) KW - Populism KW - Politics and government KW - 2009- KW - 2001-2009 KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10556421 ER -