Hijacking the agenda : economic power and political influence /

Wealthy interests exercise influence over the policy agenda of the United States not just by gaining access or influencing narrow domains, but by affecting which issues are treated as problems worthy of policymakers' attention and which are not. Through structural and kinetic power, the sway of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Witko, Christopher (Author), Morgan, Jana, 1977- (Author), Kelly, Nathan J. (Author), Enns, Peter (Peter K.) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2021].
Subjects:	Wealth > Political aspects > United States. Power (Social sciences) > Economic aspects > United States. Social stratification > Political aspects > United States. United States > Economic policy. United States > Politics and government.

Table of Contents:

Forgotten: How Congress Ignores the Lower and Middle Classes
Power and the Policy Agenda
Congressional Attention to Economic Issues
Economic Interests and the Economic Agenda in Congress
Empowering Wall Street: Congressional Concern for Financial Deregulation
Financial Re-regulation? Economic Crisis and Shifting Power Dynamics.
Ignoring Main Street: Congressional Disinterest in the Minimum Wage
Concluding Thoughts on Economic and Political Hierarchy.