Unequal Struggle: Class, Gender, Race, and Power in the U.S. Congress (Interventions: Theory and Contemporary Politics Series)

Type

Book

Authors

John C. Berg

ISBN 10

0813312957

ISBN 13

9780813312958

Tags

Social Sciences, Political Science, Legislative Branch, Government

Description

The author of this book argues that the structure of America's capitalist economy constrains progressive Congressional action. Asserting that neither pluralism nor institutionalism adequately explains Congressional outcomes, he offers an alternative Marxist analysis that recognizes how political struggle exists within limits posed by the need to maintain capitalist prosperity. The book concludes with a call for a politics of protest that uses Congressional offices as levers for moving the public, while avoiding the false hope that inclusion in Congress can lead oppressed groups to the full integration into the institutions of power posited by pluralism. - from Amzon

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