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001 2011029939
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008 110722s2012 nyua b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aJK2261$b.E37 2012
082 00 $a320.973$223
100 1 $aEdsall, Thomas Byrne.
245 14 $aThe age of austerity :$bhow scarcity will remake American politics /$cThomas Byrne Edsall.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bDoubleday,$cc2012.
300 $a256 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPrologue: the noose -- Austerity -- The moral underpinnings of partisan conflict -- 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.