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The Social Divide
其他書名
Political Parties and the Future of Activist Government
出版
Brookings Institution Press
, 1998
ISBN
077348678X
9780773486782
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=BJKEswEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
The book highlights three distinctive features of politics and policymaking in creating this politics: the polarization of political elites; the predominance of advertising politics and intense fragmented interest group politics as political parties have ceased to mobilize ordinary people into politics; and the unprecedented role that budgetary concerns have played in social policymaking. The authors first analyze the institutions and tools of policymaking, including Congress, the political use of public opinion polling, and the politics of the deficit. They then consider policies designed to win over the middle class, including health care policy, employer-provided social benefits, wages and jobs, and crime policy. Last, they address policies targeted at the disadvantaged, including welfare, affirmative action, and urban policy.