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

America's Forgotten Majority: Why The White Working Class Still Matters

Politics & Social Sciences

Joel Rogers

Ruy Teixeira

Social Sciences

Basic Books

The right to vote is the cornerstone of democracy. To millions around the world who have fought for that right, it is considered a privilege. Yet the magnitude of nonvoting in America is staggering. More than 91 million Americans did not vote in 1988, putting voter turnout at barely half of the voting-age population. This situation has stirred much comment and debate across the political spectrum, raising several questions: Why is voter turnout generally so low? Why has it declined steadily over the past three decades? Does low and declining turnout significantly bias the nature of contemporary U.S. politics? And what, if anything, can be done to increase voter participation? In this book, Ruy Teixeira addresses each of these question in detail in an effort to provide policymakers and the general public with a clearer view of the problem and possible solutions. The author's interpretations and recommendations are both provocative and firmly based on currently available data. Teixeira includes an assessment of current registration reform legislation and shows why a combination of registration reform and political reform is necessary to fully reverse the nonvoting trend and move to substantially higher turnout levels. He points out that while it is unlikely U.S. voter turnout will ever approach levels in Sweden, Australia, and Belgium —which are about 90 percent —with a thorough reform program, levels of around 70 percent, such as those in Japan and Canada, may be attainable.

The Disappearing American Voter

Politics & Government

Brookings Inst Pr

The right to vote is the cornerstone of democracy. To millions around the world who have fought for that right, it is considered a privilege. Yet the magnitude of nonvoting in America is staggering. More than 91 million Americans did not vote in 1988, putting voter turnout at barely half of the voting-age population. This situation has stirred much comment and debate across the political spectrum, raising several questions: Why is voter turnout generally so low? Why has it declined steadily over the past three decades? Does low and declining turnout significantly bias the nature of contemporary U.S. politics? And what, if anything, can be done to increase voter participation? In this book, Ruy Teixeira addresses each of these question in detail in an effort to provide policymakers and the general public with a clearer view of the problem and possible solutions. The author's interpretations and recommendations are both provocative and firmly based on currently available data. Teixeira includes an assessment of current registration reform legislation and shows why a combination of registration reform and political reform is necessary to fully reverse the nonvoting trend and move to substantially higher turnout levels. He points out that while it is unlikely U.S. voter turnout will ever approach levels in Sweden, Australia, and Belgium—which are about 90 percent—with a thorough reform program, levels of around 70 percent, such as those in Japan and Canada, may be attainable.

Brookings Institution Press

Com uma produção virtuosa, em especial entre as décadas de 1940 a 1970, nomes como Joaquim Tenreiro, Sergio Rodrigues, Lina Bo Bardi, José Zanine Caldas, Oscar Niemeyer e Jorge Zalszupin elevaram o móvel moderno brasileiro à condição de importante ex pressão de nossa atividade cultural. As composições precisas do fotógrafo Ruy Teixeira acentuam o apuro estético deste conjunto de peças, desvelando sucessivas camadas de interpretação e fruição para os apreciadores, seja pelo diálogo com obras de no mes centrais da arte brasileira e internacional, pelo lastro histórico de cada peça ou pelo recorte promovido pelas coleções retratadas e seus cenários contemporâneos. Em paralelo, o texto do historiador Jayme Vargas conduz o leitor pela pulsante e i ncerta trajetória do modernismo brasileiro, sintetizando, de forma elucidativa, ponto a ponto desta história tão impregnada em nosso imaginário mas, muitas vezes, ainda pouco conhecida.

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America's Forgotten Majority: Why The White Working Class Still Matters

The Disappearing American Voter

The Disappearing American Voter

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