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02919aam a2200397 i 4500 001 47F354A46B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 130409s2013 ilua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2013014446 020 $a 022608714X (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780226087146 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 022608700X (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780226087009 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)841199152 040 $a ICU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c CGU $d DLC $d OCLCO $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d BDX $d MEU $d CDX $d ZCU $d YUS $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK1021 C365 2013 100 1 $a Carnes, Nicholas, $d 1984- 245 10 $a White-collar government : $b the hidden role of class in economic policy making / $c Nicholas Carnes. 264 1 $a Chicago : $b The University of Chicago Press, $c 2013. 300 $a xii, 188 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Chicago studies in American politics 505 0 $a White-collar government -- What is class? -- The unequal social class makeup of American political institutions -- The elephant in the room -- Why does class matter? -- The evidence -- Voting with class -- Legislative voting as a window into the importance of class -- Measuring the divisions -- Class and legislative voting today -- Class and legislative voting during the postwar period -- The enduring imprint of class -- Representational inequality in "ayes" and "nays" -- Before the votes are cast -- Legislative entrepreneurs -- The role of class -- Measuring legislative entrepreneurship -- The policies legislators propose -- The policies legislators pass -- Leaving the working class off the agenda -- Class, opinions, and choices -- Out of touch, or out of step? -- Inside the mind of a member of Congress -- The importance of opinions -- Who's out of touch now? -- Out-of-step government -- Economic policy making in class-imbalanced legislatures -- Representation and policy making -- What would a class-balanced Congress have done? -- When the working class holds office -- Blue-collar government -- The economic consequences of white-collar government -- Fixing the broken mirror -- What's keeping the working class out of office? -- Thinking bigger about inequality -- Up front there oughta be a man in black. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-181) and index. 650 0 $a Representative government and representation $z United States. 650 0 $a Class consciousness $x Political aspects $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Economic policy. 650 0 $a White collar workers $x Political activity $z United States. 830 0 $a Chicago studies in American politics. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20201203013637.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217024456.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=47F354A46B5511E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search