TY  - BOOK
N2  - 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]
AB  - 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]
T1  - Disconnect :the breakdown of representation in American politics /
DA  - c2009.
CY  - Norman :
AU  - Fiorina, Morris P.
AU  - Abrams, Samuel J.,
VL  - v. 11
CN  - JK2265
CN  - JK2265
PB  - University of Oklahoma Press,
PP  - Norman :
PY  - c2009.
ID  - 433627
KW  - Political parties
KW  - Representative government and representation
KW  - Culture conflict
KW  - Politics and culture
SN  - 9780806142289 (pbk. : alk. paper)
SN  - 0806142286 (pbk. : alk. paper)
SN  - 9780806140742 (alk. paper)
SN  - 0806140747 (alk. paper)
TI  - Disconnect :the breakdown of representation in American politics /
ER  -