Hopelessly divided
Subtitle: the new crisis in American politics and what it means for 2012 and beyond
By: Douglas E. Schoen
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781442215238; 9781442215252
Subjects: Divided government; Politics and government; Right and left (Political science); Populism; Political parties; Two-party systems; History
Description: Analyzes the widening gap between politicians, including lobbyists and consultants, and the American mainstream, and discusses the rise in populist movements that threatens to drive the two-party system to its collapse.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: America on the brink; title: The mainstream/political class divide; title: The divide: a data portrait; title: The great divide and the populist upsurge; title: Left populism: principles and resurgence; title: Hopes dashed: Obama and the left; title: Right-wing populism: principles and resurgence; title: George W. Bush and the right-wing implosion; title: Independent voters: angry, volatile, and growing; title: The power of money; title: The K Street effect: how lobbyists have saturated public policy; title: Redistricting, race, and the political class; title: Conclusion: reform or fail.