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Cash Ceiling Why Only the Rich Run for Office--and What We Can Do about It

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Auteur:	Carnes, Nicholas
Titel:	Cash Ceiling Why Only the Rich Run for Office--and What We Can Do about It
Uitgever:	Princeton University Press
ISBN:	9780691203737
Serie:	Princeton Studies in Political Behavior
Land van oorsprong:	United States
Prijs:	€ 28.60
Verschijningsdatum:	03-03-2020
Bericht:	Leverbaar

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Categorie:	Elections & referenda
Geillustreerd:	43 b/w illus., 15 tables.

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Verschijningsvorm:	Paperback / softback
Paginas:	344
Hoogte mm.:	203
Breedte mm.:	413
Dikte mm.:	18
Gewicht gr.:	452

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Why working-class Americans almost never become politicians, what that means for democracy, and what reformers can do about itWhy are Americans governed by the rich? Millionaires make up only three percent of the public but control all three branches of the federal government. How did this happen? What stops lower-income and working-class Ameri