The Resource The crisis of the middle-class constitution : why income inequality threatens our republic, Ganesh Sitaraman
The crisis of the middle-class constitution : why income inequality threatens our republic, Ganesh Sitaraman
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- Summary
- "For most of Western history, Sitaraman argues, constitutional thinkers assumed economic inequality was inevitable and inescapable--and they designed governments to prevent class divisions from spilling over into class warfare. The American Constitution is different. Compared to Europe and the ancient world, America was a society of almost unprecedented economic equality, and the founding generation saw this equality as essential for the preservation of America's republic. Over the next two centuries, generations of Americans fought to sustain the economic preconditions for our constitutional system. But today, with economic and political inequality on the rise, Sitaraman says Americans face a choice: Will we accept rising economic inequality and risk oligarchy or will we rebuild the middle class and reclaim our republic?"--Page [4] of cover
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Vintage Books addition.
- Extent
- vi, 423 pages
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Contents
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- Pt. I. The radicalism of the American Constitution
- From Athens to America : the two traditions
- America's middle-class constitution
- pt. II. A brief history of the middle-class constitution. The emergence of the plutocracy
- The search for solutions
- pt. III. The crisis of the middle-class constitution
- How economic inequality threatens the republic
- The future of the middle-class constitution
- Isbn
- 9781101973455
- Label
- The crisis of the middle-class constitution : why income inequality threatens our republic
- Title
- The crisis of the middle-class constitution
- Title remainder
- why income inequality threatens our republic
- Statement of responsibility
- Ganesh Sitaraman
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "For most of Western history, Sitaraman argues, constitutional thinkers assumed economic inequality was inevitable and inescapable--and they designed governments to prevent class divisions from spilling over into class warfare. The American Constitution is different. Compared to Europe and the ancient world, America was a society of almost unprecedented economic equality, and the founding generation saw this equality as essential for the preservation of America's republic. Over the next two centuries, generations of Americans fought to sustain the economic preconditions for our constitutional system. But today, with economic and political inequality on the rise, Sitaraman says Americans face a choice: Will we accept rising economic inequality and risk oligarchy or will we rebuild the middle class and reclaim our republic?"--Page [4] of cover
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sitaraman, Ganesh
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- KF4749
- LC item number
- .S58 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Constitutional law
- Equality
- Income distribution
- Middle class
- United States
- Power (Social sciences)
- Plutocracy
- Label
- The crisis of the middle-class constitution : why income inequality threatens our republic, Ganesh Sitaraman
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Pt. I. The radicalism of the American Constitution -- From Athens to America : the two traditions -- America's middle-class constitution -- pt. II. A brief history of the middle-class constitution. The emergence of the plutocracy -- The search for solutions -- pt. III. The crisis of the middle-class constitution -- How economic inequality threatens the republic -- The future of the middle-class constitution
- Control code
- ocn989962323
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Vintage Books addition.
- Extent
- vi, 423 pages
- Isbn
- 9781101973455
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781101973455
- (OCoLC)989962323
- Label
- The crisis of the middle-class constitution : why income inequality threatens our republic, Ganesh Sitaraman
- Note
- Source of cataloging data: WCP
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Pt. I. The radicalism of the American Constitution -- From Athens to America : the two traditions -- America's middle-class constitution -- pt. II. A brief history of the middle-class constitution. The emergence of the plutocracy -- The search for solutions -- pt. III. The crisis of the middle-class constitution -- How economic inequality threatens the republic -- The future of the middle-class constitution
- Control code
- ocn989962323
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Vintage Books addition.
- Extent
- vi, 423 pages
- Isbn
- 9781101973455
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781101973455
- (OCoLC)989962323
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