The American Political Economy: Macroeconomics and Electoral Politics

by Douglas A. Hibbs Jr.

Book Overview

Here is the most comprehensive and authoritative work to date on relationships between the economy and politics in the years from Eisenhower through Reagan. Extending and deepening his earlier work, which had major impact in both political science and economics, Douglas Hibbs traces the patterns in and sources of postwar growth, unemployment, and inflation. He identifies which groups "win" and "lose" from inflations and recessions. He also shows...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674027361
• ISBN13: 9780674027367
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.2"