The unheavenly chorus : unequal political voice and the broken promise of American democracy /
Schlozman, Kay Lehman,1946-
Verba, Sidney.
Brady, Henry E.
Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press,
c2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: democracy and political voice -- The (ambivalent) tradition of equality in America -- The context: growing economic inequality and weakening unions -- Equal voice and the dilemmas of democracy -- Does unequal voice matter? -- The persistence of unequal voice -- Unequal at the starting line: the intergenerational persistence of political inequality -- Political participation over the life cycle -- Political activism and electoral democracy: perspectives on economic inequality and political polarization -- Political voice through organized interests -- Who sings in the heavenly chorus? the shape of the organized interest system -- The changing pressure community -- Beyond organizational categories -- Political voice through organized interest activity -- Breaking the pattern through political recruitment -- Weapon of the strong? participatory inequality and the internet -- What, if anything, is to be done? -- Conclusion: equal voice and the promise of American democracy.
Political participation
Equality
Pressure groups
Democracy