TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hacker,Jacob S.
AU  - Pierson,Paul
TI  - Off center: the Republican revolution and the erosion of American democracy 
SN  - 9780300130669 (electronic bk.)
AV  - JK2356 .H155 2005eb
U1  - 324.2734/09/0511 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
KW  - Republican Party (États-Unis : 1854- )
KW  - Conservatism
KW  - United States
KW  - Conservatisme
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Political Process
KW  - Political Parties
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - პოლიტიკური მეცნიერებანი--
KW  - პოლიტიკური პარტიები
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Off center -- Partying with the "people's money" -- The off-center express -- The race to the base -- The Republican machine -- The center does not hold -- Conclusion: Meeting the challenge
N2  - The Republicans who run American government today have defied the normal laws of political gravity. They have ruled with the slimmest of majorities and yet have transformed the nation's governing priorities. They have strayed dramatically from the moderate middle of public opinion and yet have faced little public backlash. Again and again, they have sided with the affluent and ideologically extreme while paying little heed to the broad majority of Americans. And they have come out on top. This book shows why--and why this state of affairs can and must be changed. Written by two professional political scientists, it tells the story of a deliberative process restricted and distorted by party chieftains, of unresponsive power brokers subverting the popular will, and of legislation written by and for powerful interests and deliberately designed to mute popular discontent.--From publisher description
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