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"Can a country be a democracy if its government only responds to the preferences of the rich? In an ideal democracy, all citizens should have equal influence on government policy--but as this book demonstrates, America's policymakers respond almost exclusively to the preferences of the eco...

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Autor principal: Gilens, Martin
Formato: Libro electrónico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J : New York : Princeton University Press ; Russell Sage Foundation, c2012.
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Acceso en línea:Solo para usuarios autorizados, sin límite de accesos simultáneos
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Citizen competence and democratic decision-making
  • Data and methods
  • The preference/policy link
  • Policy domains and democratic responsiveness
  • Interest groups and democratic responsiveness
  • Parties, elections, and democratic responsiveness
  • Democratic responsiveness across time
  • Money and American politics
  • Appendix.