Empty Dreams Empty Pockets: Class and Bias in American Politics

This brief American Government book examines the relevance of American politics to the bottom 60% or income earners. In the first chapter, the author establishes the idea that the bottom percentage in the U.S. constitute a "lower-status population", and the main institutions of politics today have a significant bias against the interests of lower-status people. He then presents the central institutions and processes of American politics on a chapter by chapter basis, demonstrating how each of them contributes to this bias.John J. Harrigan is the author of 'Empty Dreams Empty Pockets: Class and Bias in American Politics', published 1993 under ISBN 9780023514203 and ISBN 0023514205.