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Hijacking the Agenda: Economic Power and Political Influence by Christopher Witk
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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- ISBN-13
- 9780871545732
- Book Title
- Hijacking the Agenda
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- 9780871545732
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN-10
087154573X
ISBN-13
9780871545732
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26050089153
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Publication Name
Hijacking the Agenda : Economic Power and Political Influence
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Subject
American Government / Legislative Branch, Economic History, Political Process / Political Advocacy, Political Process / Political Parties
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Business & Economics
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2020-046491
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"To know who governs, we must know who controls the governing agenda. In this innovative book, four top political scientists show that the congressional agenda is disproportionately shaped by economic elites and the politicians most friendly to and funded by them. Combining sophisticated quantitative analysis and compelling case studies, Hijacking the Agenda sets a new standard for research on inequality and American democracy--and sounds a loud warning that all scholars and citizens should hear." -- JACOB HACKER, Stanley Resor Professor of Political Science, Yale University, "American politics is riven by deep inequalities, but political scientists have struggled to identify the impact of these inequalities on policymaking. Hijacking the Agenda represents a major step forward. Combining imaginative yet well-grounded theorizing with an impressive mix of empirical investigations, this innovative book sheds considerable light on how unequal power often generates unequal policies in the United States." -- PAUL PIERSON, John Gross Professor of Political Science, University of California at Berkeley, Hijacking the Agenda should have a big impact on how we think about Congress, policymaking, and political inequality. It provides an ambitious and creative analysis of an often-overlooked dimension of political power--the outsized role of the wealthy and well-organized in determining whose problems get addressed and whose get ignored." -- LARRY M. BARTELS, May Werthan Shayne Chair of Public Policy and Social Science, Vanderbilt University
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
330.973
Synopsis
Why are the economic interests and priorities of lower- and middle-class Americans so often ignored by the U.S. Congress, while the economic interests of the wealthiest are prioritized, often resulting in policies favorable to their interests? In Hijacking the Agenda , political scientists Christopher Witko, Jana Morgan, Nathan J. Kelly, and Peter K. Enns examine why Congress privileges the concerns of businesses and the wealthy over those of average Americans. They go beyond demonstrating that such economic bias exists to illuminate precisely how and why economic policy is so often skewed in favor of the rich. The authors analyze over 20 years of floor speeches by several hundred members of Congress to examine the influence of campaign contributions on how the national economic agenda is set in Congress. They find that legislators who received more money from business and professional associations were more likely to discuss the deficit and other upper-class priorities, while those who received more money from unions were more likely to discuss issues important to lower- and middle-class constituents, such as economic inequality and wages. This attention imbalance matters because issues discussed in Congress receive more direct legislative action, such as bill introductions and committee hearings. While unions use campaign contributions to push back against wealthy interests, spending by the wealthy dwarfs that of unions. The authors use case studies analyzing financial regulation and the minimum wage to demonstrate how the financial influence of the wealthy enables them to advance their economic agenda. In each case, the authors examine the balance of structural power, or the power that comes from a person or company's position in the economy, and kinetic power, the power that comes from the ability to mobilize organizational and financial resources in the policy process. The authors show how big business uses its structural power and resources to effect policy change in Congress, as when the financial industry sought deregulation in the late 1990s, resulting in the passage of a bill eviscerating New Deal financial regulations. Likewise, when business interests want to preserve the policy status quo, it uses its power to keep issues off of the agenda, as when inflation eats into the minimum wage and its declining purchasing power leaves low-wage workers in poverty. Although groups representing lower- and middle-class interests, particularly unions, can use their resources to shape policy responses if conditions are right, they lack structural power and suffer significant resource disadvantages. As a result, wealthy interests have the upper hand in shaping the policy process, simply due to their pivotal position in the economy and the resulting perception that policies beneficial to business are beneficial for everyone. Hijacking the Agenda is an illuminating account of the way economic power operates through the congressional agenda and policy process to privilege the interests of the wealthy and marks a major step forward in our understanding of the politics of inequality.
LC Classification Number
HC110.W4W58 2021
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