Larry Bartels

Unbranding Obama

John O'Kane | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics


John O'Kane

Obama is hardly an outsider. He's an elite member of the establishment, a product brand, as Noam Chomsky claims, packaged by investors to sell and control the public.

Zelizer's Book Corner: Larry Bartels' Unequal Democracy

Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics


Julian E. Zelizer

Bartels provides readers with stunning statistical data about the close connection between partisanship, policy, and economic inequality. The book demonstrates that it will make a huge difference which party will be in power after November.