@article{433627,
      author = {Fiorina, Morris P. and Abrams, Samuel J.,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/433627},
      title = {Disconnect : the breakdown of representation in American  politics /},
      publisher = {University of Oklahoma Press,},
      abstract = {Drawing on polling results and other data, Fiorina  examines the disconnect between an unrepresentative  "political class" and the citizenry it purports to  represent, showing how politicians have become more  polarized while voters remain moderate; how politicians'  rhetoric and activities reflect hot-button issues that are  not public priorities; and how politicians' dogmatic,  divisive, and uncivil style of "debate" contrasts with the  more civil discourse of ordinary Americans, who tend to be  more polite and open to compromise than their  leaders."--[book jacket]},
      recid = {433627},
      pages = {xxi, 249 p. :},
      address = {Norman :},
      year = {2009},
}