The age of austerity : how scarcity will remake American politics

Edsall, Thomas Byrne

The age of austerity : how scarcity will remake American politics / Thomas Byrne Edsall. - First Anchor Books edition. - New York : Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc. , 2012. - 256 p. ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-238) and index.

Prologue: the noose -- Austerity -- The moral underpinnings of partisan conflict, part I -- The moral underpinnings of partisan conflict, part II -- The economics of immigration -- Race -- Brutality, coarseness, and the fracture of American politics -- The big one.

Provides a sobering account of how pitched battles over scarce resources will increasingly define American politics in the coming years - and how citizens might avoid, or at least mitigate, the damage from these ideological and economic battles.


English.

9780385535199


Divided government---United States
Political parties---United States
Social conflicts---United States


United States---Politics and government

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320.973 EDS

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