Submerged State How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy

Name: Submerged State How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy
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ISBN: 9780226521657

ISBN-10: 0226521656

ISBN-13: 9780226521657

Edition: 2011

Authors: Suzanne Mettler

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"Keep your government hands off my Medicare!" Such comments spotlight a central question animating Suzanne Mettler's provocative and timely book: why are many Americans unaware of government social benefits and so hostile to them in principle, even though they receive them? The Obama administration has been roundly criticized for its inability to convey how much it has accomplished for ordinary citizens. Mettler argues that this difficulty is not merely a failure of communication; rather it is endemic to the formidable presence of the "submerged state." In recent decades, federal policymakers have increasingly shunned the outright disbursing of benefits to individuals and families and…

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List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 10/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Suzanne Mettler is the Clinton Rossiter Professor of American Institutions at Cornell University. Her most recent book is Soldiers to Citizens: The G.I. Bill and the Making of the Greatest Generation.



Introduction


Confronting the Submerged State



Governance Unseen



The Politics of the Submerged State



From Nudge to Reveal




Scaling Back the Submerged State


The Victory for Student Aid



Sustaining and Expanding the Submerged State


Tax Policy and Health Care Reform



Toward Visible and Vibrant Democracy


Appendix


Text and Graphics for Additional


Experimental Questions and Treatments


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index