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Title: By Invitation Only: The Rise of Exclusive Politics in the United States (Political Science) by Steven E. Schier ISBN: 0-8229-5712-4 Publisher: Univ of Pittsburgh Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Basically gets it right
Comment: This book is too good just for academics and pundits. For anyone concerned about declining rates of voter participation in America, this is must-read stuff. Schier is most provocative in how he argues that fundamentally our parties have too FEW resources, not too many. In particular, ever since parties lost the patronage and their ability to "mobilize" large swathes of the American electorate, more and more Americans have been dropping out because they are unwilling / unable to pay the costs of participation. The tradeoff, of course, which Schier could say more about, is that for those who DO participate, the ability to democratically influence policy has probably never been higher. Sure, lots of people voted in the 19th century, but their choices and the amount of policy they could really influence were very constricted. Today, more freedom - but also more responsibility, which creates a systematic bias in favor of the wealthy, the more-educated and the elderly. Schier doesn't really have a solution to this tradeoff (is there one?) but he sure nails the problem. The historical angle lends a fresh perspective to some familiar-sounding arguments. This book is particularly good read in conjunction with Michael McGerr's _The Decline of Popular Politics_ and Jonathan Rauch's _Government's End_.
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Title: Considering the Bush Presidency by Gary L. Gregg, Mark J. Rozell ISBN: 0195166809 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The States and Public Higher Education Policy: Affordability, Access, and Accountability by Donald E. Heller ISBN: 0801864941 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: How Colleges Work : The Cybernetics of Academic Organization and Leadership by Robert Birnbaum ISBN: 155542354X Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 15 July, 1991 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Lobbying for Higher Education : How Colleges and Universities Influence Federal Policy (Vanderbilt Issues in Higher Education) by Constance Ewing Cook ISBN: 0826513174 Publisher: Vanderbilt Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.51 |
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Title: American Foreign Policy: Cases and Choices by Gideon Rose, James F. Hoge ISBN: 0876093322 Publisher: Foreign Affairs Pub. Date: 01 December, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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