The submerged state : how invisible government policies undermine American democracy /
"Keep your government hands off my Medicare!" Such comments spotlight a central question animating Suzanne Mettler's provocative and timely book: why are many Americans unaware of government social benefits and so hostile to them in principle, even though they receive them? The Obama...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2011.
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| Series: | Chicago studies in American politics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Keep your government hands off my Medicare!" Such comments spotlight a central question animating Suzanne Mettler's provocative and timely book: why are many Americans unaware of government social benefits and so hostile to them in principle, even though they receive them? The Obama administration has been roundly criticized for its inability to convey how much it has accomplished for ordinary citizens. Mettler argues that this difficulty is not merely a failure of communication; rather it is endemic to the formidable presence of the "submerged state." In recent decades, federal po. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (163 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226521664 (electronic) 0226521664 (electronic) |