The Revolt Against the Masses: And Other Essays on Politics and Public Policy

by Aaron Wildavsky

Book Overview

The author of this stunning set of essays on politics and public policy makes crystal clear the meaning of the title. "The revolutionaries of contemporary America do not seek to redistribute privilege from those who have it to those who do not. These radicals wish to arrange a transfer of power from those elites who now exercise it to another elite, namely themselves, who do not. This aspiring elite is of the same race (white), the same class (upper...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765809605
• ISBN13: 9780765809605
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 522 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 8.5"