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Off Center The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy; with a New Afterword

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ISBN-10: 0300119755

ISBN-13: 9780300119756

Edition: 2006

Authors: Jacob S. Hacker, Paul Pierson

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While most Americans remain politically moderate, American politics has careened to the right over the last two decades. Why? What can be done? This book helps make sense of recent political changes and explains how popular will is deliberately being subverted. The authors propose important reforms to strengthen our democracy and return American politics to the center. "The most illuminating book on contemporary American politics to be published in over a decade. Every political journalist in America needs to read and heed this brilliant book."--Eric Alterman, author of "When Presidents Lie" and "What Liberal Media?" "Closely argued and very readable. . . . This book should become…    
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Book details

List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 9/26/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.92" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

Jacob Hacker is professor of political science at the University of California at Berkeley, where he heads the Center on Health and Economic Security at the Boalt Law School. A frequent media commentator and author of numerous scholarly and popular articles, he is the author of four books, most recently The Great Risk Shift: The New Economic Insecurity and the Decline of the American Dream.Contributors: Jacob Hacker: "Health Insecurity and the Middle Class"; Elizabeth McGlynn and David Meltzer: "Health Quality"; Brandon McKelvey and Jill Quadagno: "The Transformation of American Health Insurance"; Katherine Swartz: "The Uninsured and Underinsured"; Elizabeth Warren: "Medical Bankruptcy"

Introduction
Abandoning the Middle
Off Center
Partying with the "People's Money"
New Rules for Radicals
Broken Checks and Balances
The Race to the Base
The Republican Machine
The Center Does Not Hold
Conclusion: Meeting the Challenge
Afterword
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index