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Empty dreams, empty pockets : class and bias in American politics / John J. Harrigan.

Harrigan, John J. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 0023514205
  • ISBN: 9780023514203
  • Physical Description: xvii, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Macmillan Pub. Co. ; ©1993.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Bias and politics in American democracy -- The constitution as seen from below -- Federalism: Bias between state and nation -- Learning your place: shaping the minds of lower-status Americans -- Staying in place: how patterns of participation and ideology foster lower-status subordination -- The political process: leadership to overcome bias -- Congress and the public interest -- Bias in the American presidency -- Bias in the executive branch -- Money justice: lower-strata people and the courts -- Epilogue: Overcoming bias in American politics.
Subject:
Political participation > United States.
Race discrimination > United States.
Social classes > United States.
Political participation.
Race discrimination.
Social classes.
United States.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library JK 1764 .H37 1993 255616 Stacks Available -