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Dividing the Poor: Congressional Representation in Rhetoric and Policy during the New Deal

Description:

Existing scholarship documents the low levels of political power held by the American poor, and concomitant economic elite domination of Congress. Since the poor seldom elect lawmakers that share their descriptive traits, they necessarily rely on non-poor lawmakers virtually representing their interests. A key part of this virtual representation is...

Keyword:

Poverty, Public Policy, Representation, Policymaking, Congress, and American Political Development

Subject:

American history, Public policy, and Political science

Creator:

Diament, Sean Matthew

Owner:

Scholarly Digital Publishing

Language:

en

Date Uploaded:

09/22/2022

Date Created:

2022-01-01

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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etdadmin_upload_929189 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16262