Unequal and Unrepresented: Political Inequality and the People's Voice in the New Gilded Age
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    [synopsis] => "Kay Lehman Schlozman, Winner of the 2018 Warren Miller Award, Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section of the American Political Science Association" 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. 
	How American political participation is increasingly  being shaped by citizens who wield more resources

The Declaration of Independence proclaims equality as a foundational American value. However, Unequal and Unrepresented finds that political voice in America is not only unequal but also unrepresentative. Those who are well educated and affluent carry megaphones. The less privileged speak in a whisper. Relying on three decades of research and an enormous wealth of information about politically active individuals and organizations, Kay Schlozman, Henry Brady, and Sidney Verba offer a concise synthesis and update of their groundbreaking work on political participation. 

The authors consider the many ways that citizens in American democracy can influence public outcomes through political voice: by voting, getting involved in campaigns, communicating directly with public officials, participating online or offline, acting alone and in organizations, and investing their time and money. Socioeconomic imbalances characterize every form of political voice, but the advantage to the advantaged is especially pronounced when it comes to any form of political expression--for example, lobbying legislators or making campaign donations-that relies on money as an input. With those at the top of the ladder increasingly able to spend lavishly in politics, political action anchored in financial investment weighs ever more heavily in what public officials hear. 

Citing real-life examples and examining inequalities from multiple perspectives, Unequal and Unrepresented shows how disparities in political voice endanger American democracy today. "[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.'" "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 "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 "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 "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 Ameri
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    [subtitle] => Political Inequality and the People's Voice in the New Gilded Age
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