America''s Forgotten Majority - Why the White Working Class Still Matters

"A powerful look at the real America, dominated by America's "forgotten majority"-white working-class men and women who make up 55 percent of the voting population"

About the author

Ruy Teixeira is a senior fellow at The Century Foundation. He is the author of several books, including The Disappearing American Voter, and of numerous articles in publications ranging from scholarly journals to the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic Monthly, the American Prospect, and the New Republic.

Joel Rogers is Professor of Law, Political Science, and Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he also directs the Center on Wisconsin Strategy. The author of many academic books and articles, he is also a contributing editor at the Nation and Boston Review, and a longtime social and political activist.

Summary

A powerful look at the real America, dominated by America's "forgotten majority"-white working-class men and women who make up 55 percent of the voting population

Product details

• Authors: Joel Rogers, Joel Townsley Rogers, Ruy Teixeira, Ruy A. Teixeira, Ruy A. Rogers Teixeira
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.06.2001
• EAN: 9780465083992
• ISBN: 978-0-465-08399-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Commentary & Opinion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Central / national / federal government, Central government