The crisis of the middle-class constitution : why economic inequality threatens our republic / Ganesh Sitaraman.
By: Sitaraman, Ganesh [author.]
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TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First edition.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-402) and index.Description: vi, 423 pages ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780451493910; 0451493915.Other title: Why economic inequality threatens our Republic.Subject(s): Constitutional law -- Economic aspects -- United States | Equality -- Economic aspects | Income distribution -- United States | Middle class -- United States | United States -- Social conditions | Power (Social sciences) | PlutocracyDDC classification: 339.2/20973 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 339.2 Si86 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003860970 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-402) and index.
Part I. The radicalism of the American Constitution -- From Athens to America : the two traditions -- America's middle-class constitution -- Part II. A brief history of the middle-class constitution -- The emergence of the plutocracy -- The search for solutions -- Part III. The crisis of the middle-class constitution -- How economic inequality threatens the Republic -- The future of the middle-class constitution.
"Argues that America's strong and sizable middle class is actually embedded in the framework of the nation's government and its founding document and discusses the necessity of taking equality-establishing measures,"--NoveList.
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