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Author:   Kay Lehman Schlozman ,  Henry E. Brady ,  Sidney Verba
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
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9780691180557

ISBN 10:   0691180555
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   12 June 2018
Audience:   Adult education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Further / Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

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This carefully researched book contends that political voice is biased in favor of those with more essential resources-money, skills, time, experience, etc.-and that this shapes the output of the political process in a way that extends these inequalities. This argument is important and the book deserves a wide readership. -L. Sandy Maisel, author of American Political Parties and Elections With compelling data and striking examples, this worthy book explores findings about the nature of citizen participation and voice. A brilliant crystallization of these eminent authors' many insights. -Andrea L. Campbell, author of Trapped in America's Safety Net From the distinguished triumvirate of Schlozman, Brady, and Verba-leading experts on how inequality shapes political participation-comes this fresh and powerful book. The dynamics they identify combine to tilt the participatory universe, so that the affluent make their views known loudly to elected officials while the poor can only whisper. Unequal and Unrepresented is a tour de force and must-read for those who care about democracy. -Suzanne Mettler, author of Degrees of Inequality In Unequal and Unrepresented, Schlozman, Brady, and Verba brilliantly continue their pathbreaking work on how unequal wealth and income translate into unequal political influence. While their research shows that the inequalities of money and voice have worsened, the authors do leave us with some reason for hope. -Robert Kuttner, coeditor of The American Prospect and author of Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? Three cheers for this addition to Schlozman, Brady, and Verba's canonical research on political participation and inequality in the United States. For the lucky readers who are being introduced to their work for the first time, Unequal and Unrepresented offers an intellectual treat and political awakening. These authors have done more than any others to show how and why political inequality occurs and how Americans can alleviate it. -Jennifer L. Hochschild, Harvard University Schlozman, Brady, and Verba have done it again, updating their exemplary work on political participation in its many forms. Deeply informed by extensive social science research, this book's findings-about the numerous ways economic inequality deforms our politics-should trouble all of us. -Peter H. Schuck, Yale University Building on three decades of landmark achievements researching the inequalities of political participation, Schlozman, Brady, and Verba have written a capstone book. Unequal and Unrepresented is highly readable, timely, and timeless. -Thomas E. Mann, University of California, Berkeley Widening inequalities of income and wealth are causing widening inequalities of political voice, and the financial investments of the wealthy weigh ever more heavily in what public officials hear. This clear and concise book summarizes decades of research by three of the nation's leading political scientists, showing beyond question how disparities in political voice are endangering American democracy. Read, and take action. -Robert B. Reich, University of California, Berkeley [Unequal and Unrepresented] is a valuable scholarly tool and a carefully constructed compilation of empirical evidence to support an argument whose conclusions are, as the authors write, `not especially encouraging.' * Publishers Weekly *

This carefully researched book contends that political voice is biased in favor of those with more essential resources-money, skills, time, experience, etc.-and that this shapes the output of the political process in a way that extends these inequalities. This argument is important and the book deserves a wide readership. -L. Sandy Maisel, author of American Political Parties and Elections With compelling data and striking examples, this worthy book explores findings about the nature of citizen participation and voice. A brilliant crystallization of these eminent authors' many insights. -Andrea L. Campbell, author of Trapped in America's Safety Net From the distinguished triumvirate of Schlozman, Brady, and Verba-leading experts on how inequality shapes political participation-comes this fresh and powerful book. The dynamics they identify combine to tilt the participatory universe, so that the affluent make their views known loudly to elected officials while the poor can only whisper. Unequal and Unrepresented is a tour de force and must-read for those who care about democracy. -Suzanne Mettler, author of Degrees of Inequality In Unequal and Unrepresented, Schlozman, Brady, and Verba brilliantly continue their pathbreaking work on how unequal wealth and income translate into unequal political influence. While their research shows that the inequalities of money and voice have worsened, the authors do leave us with some reason for hope. -Robert Kuttner, coeditor of The American Prospect and author of Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? Three cheers for this addition to Schlozman, Brady, and Verba's canonical research on political participation and inequality in the United States. For the lucky readers who are being introduced to their work for the first time, Unequal and Unrepresented offers an intellectual treat and political awakening. These authors have done more than any others to show how and why political inequality occurs and how Americans can alleviate it. -Jennifer L. Hochschild, Harvard University Schlozman, Brady, and Verba have done it again, updating their exemplary work on political participation in its many forms. Deeply informed by extensive social science research, this book's findings-about the numerous ways economic inequality deforms our politics-should trouble all of us. -Peter H. Schuck, Yale University Building on three decades of landmark achievements researching the inequalities of political participation, Schlozman, Brady, and Verba have written a capstone book. Unequal and Unrepresented is highly readable, timely, and timeless. -Thomas E. Mann, University of California, Berkeley Widening inequalities of income and wealth are causing widening inequalities of political voice, and the financial investments of the wealthy weigh ever more heavily in what public officials hear. This clear and concise book summarizes decades of research by three of the nation's leading political scientists, showing beyond question how disparities in political voice are endangering American democracy. Read, and take action. -Robert B. Reich, University of California, Berkeley

Kay Lehman Schlozman, Winner of the 2018 Warren Miller Award, Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section of the American Political Science Association [Unequal and Unrepresented] is a valuable scholarly tool and a carefully constructed compilation of empirical evidence to support an argument whose conclusions are, as the authors write, 'not especially encouraging.'--Publishers Weekly This carefully researched book contends that political voice is biased in favor of those with more essential resources--money, skills, time, experience, etc.--and that this shapes the output of the political process in a way that extends these inequalities. This argument is important and the book deserves a wide readership. --L. Sandy Maisel, author of American Political Parties and Elections From the distinguished triumvirate of Schlozman, Brady, and Verba--leading experts on how inequality shapes political participation--comes this fresh and powerful book. The dynamics they identify combine to tilt the participatory universe, so that the affluent make their views known loudly to elected officials while the poor can only whisper. Unequal and Unrepresented is a tour de force and must-read for those who care about democracy. --Suzanne Mettler, author of Degrees of Inequality Three cheers for this addition to Schlozman, Brady, and Verba's canonical research on political participation and inequality in the United States. For the lucky readers who are being introduced to their work for the first time, Unequal and Unrepresented offers an intellectual treat and political awakening. These authors have done more than any others to show how and why political inequality occurs and how Americans can alleviate it. --Jennifer L. Hochschild, Harvard University Building on three decades of landmark achievements researching the inequalities of political participation, Schlozman, Brady, and Verba have written a capstone book. Unequal and Unrepresented is highly readable, timely, and timeless. --Thomas E. Mann, University of California, Berkeley Widening inequalities of income and wealth are causing widening inequalities of political voice, and the financial investments of the wealthy weigh ever more heavily in what public officials hear. This clear and concise book summarizes decades of research by three of the nation's leading political scientists, showing beyond question how disparities in political voice are endangering American democracy. Read, and take action. --Robert B. Reich, University of California, Berkeley With compelling data and striking examples, this worthy book explores findings about the nature of citizen participation and voice. A brilliant crystallization of these eminent authors' many insights. --Andrea L. Campbell, author of Trapped in America's Safety Net In Unequal and Unrepresented, Schlozman, Brady, and Verba brilliantly continue their pathbreaking work on how unequal wealth and income translate into unequal political influence. While their research shows that the inequalities of money and voice have worsened, the authors do leave us with some reason for hope. --Robert Kuttner, coeditor of The American Prospect and author of Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism? Schlozman, Brady, and Verba have done it again, updating their exemplary work on political participation in its many forms. Deeply informed by extensive social science research, this book's findings--about the numerous ways economic inequality deforms our politics--should trouble all of us. --Peter H. Schuck, Yale University

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Kay Lehman Schlozman is the J. Joseph Moakley Endowed Professor of Political Science at Boston College. Henry E. Brady is dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy and the Class of 1941 Monroe Deutsch Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. Sidney Verba is the Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor Emeritus and research professor of government at Harvard University.

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