The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Policies Undermine American Democracy

by Suzanne Mettler

Book Overview

"Keep your government hands off my Medicare " Such comments spotlight a central question animating Suzanne Mettler's provocative and timely book: why are many Americans unaware of government social benefits and so hostile to them in principle, even though they receive them? The Obama administration has been roundly criticized for its inability to convey how much it has accomplished for ordinary citizens. Mettler argues that this difficulty is not...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226521656
• ISBN13: 9780226521657
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"