TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schoen,Douglas E.
TI  - Hopelessly divided: the new crisis in American politics and what it means for 2012 and beyond 
SN  - 9781442215252
AV  - JK2261 .S357 2012eb
U1  - 320.973 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
KW  - Political parties
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Divided government
KW  - Two-party systems
KW  - Right and left (Political science)
KW  - Populism
KW  - Bipartisme
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Populisme
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 21e siècle
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Government
KW  - National
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 2009-2017
KW  - 2001-2009
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Electronic book
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- America on the brink -- The mainstream/political class divide -- The divide: a data portrait -- The great divide and the populist upsurge -- Left populism: principles and resurgence -- Hopes dashed: Obama and the left -- Right-wing populism: principles and resurgence -- George W. Bush and the right-wing implosion -- Independent voters: angry, volatile, and growing -- The power of money -- The K Street effect: how lobbyists have saturated public policy -- Redistricting, race, and the political class -- Conclusion: reform or fail
N2  - Just in time for the 2012 election, Douglas E. Schoen, one of America's preeminent political pundits, analyzes the growing chasm between the political class-politicians, lobbyists, fundraisers, consultants-and the American Mainstream, frustrated with government's inability to address the major issues affecting their lives. This gap has given rise to populist movements on the right and the left and driven our two-party system to the brink of possible collapse-in ways that have never been fully discussed or articulated
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