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001 2012462182
003 DLC
005 20121027084003.0
008 121026s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng
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040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
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050 00 $aJK2261$b.E37 2012b
082 00 $a320.973$223
100 1 $aEdsall, Thomas Byrne,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe age of austerity :$bhow scarcity will remake American politics /$cThomas Byrne Edsall.
250 $aFirst Anchor Books edition.
260 $aNew York :$bAnchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc.,$c2012.
300 $a256 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [231]-238) and index.
505 0 $aPrologue: 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.
520 $aProvides 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.
650 0 $aDivided government$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPolitical parties$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSocial conflict$zUnited States.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government.