Political power in America : class conflict and the subversion of democracy /
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| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- A class analysis of the American political system
- Theories of government, early American history, and the politics of class conflict
- A constitution in question : how democratic is the founding document?
- Federalism and the struggle for democracy
- Interest groups and the upper-class perversion of political power
- Congress : the dysfunctional branch
- The presidency : class politics, the imperial presidency, and the threat to democracy
- The bureaucracy and the neoliberal threat to the common good
- The courts and judicial process : ideology, conflict, and class elitism
- Political parties : a crisis of confidence
- Elections and voting : electoral capture by elites
- Politics and the media : bias in pursuit of business interests
- Public opinion : the rise of neoliberal politics and mass resistance
- Civil liberties and the quest for corporate personhood
- Civil rights and the fight for equality
- Economic policy : growing inequality in the neoliberal era
- Imperialism and U.S. foreign policy : protecting business interests abroad
- Conclusion : where do we go from here?