The cash ceiling : why only the rich run for office--and what we can do about It

The cash ceiling : why only the rich run for office--and what we can do about It /

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Why 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 Americans from becoming politicians? This book is a compelling and comprehensive acco...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carnes, Nicholas, 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Series:Princeton studies in political behavior.
Subjects:
Campaign funds > United States.
Elections > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Campaign funds
Elections
United States
American politics.
American workers.
Americans.
U.S. elections.
U.S. politics.
US elections.
candidate recruitment.
cash ceiling.
economic diversity.
elections.
governing institutions.
lower-income Americans.
political campaigns.
political candidate.
political equality reform.
political influence.
political office.
political representation.
politicians.
politics.
public office.
underrepresentation.
upper class.
working-class Americans.
working-class candidates.
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Table of Contents:
  • Government by the privileged
  • The conventional wisdom (is wrong)
  • Why don't workers run?
  • What's stopping them?
  • What can we do about it?
  • Moving the needle.

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