Remaking America: Democracy and Public Policy in an Age of Inequality

by Joe Soss

Book Overview

Over the past three decades, the contours of American social, economic, and political life have changed dramatically. The post-war patterns of broadly distributed economic growth have given way to stark inequalities of income and wealth, the GOP and its allies have gained power and shifted U.S. politics rightward, and the role of government in the lives of Americans has changed fundamentally. Remaking America explores how these trends are related,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087154816X
• ISBN13: 9780871548160
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"