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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 1310032" data-attributes="member: 18225"><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746" target="_blank">Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy</a></p><p></p><p><em>"...Americans do enjoy many features central to democratic governance, such as regular elections, freedom of speech and association and a widespread (if still contested) franchise. But we believe that if policymaking is dominated by powerful business organisations and a small number of affluent Americans, then America's claims to being a democratic society are seriously threatened..." </em></p><p></p><p></p><p>Original paper:</p><p><a href="https://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/Gilens%20homepage%20materials/Gilens%20and%20Page/Gilens%20and%20Page%202014-Testing%20Theories%203-7-14.pdf" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="https://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/Gilens%20homepage%20materials/Gilens%20and%20Page/Gilens%20and%20Page%202014-Testing%20Theories%203-7-14.pdf" target="_blank">Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens </a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 1310032, member: 18225"] [URL='http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746']Study: US is an oligarchy, not a democracy[/URL] [I]"...Americans do enjoy many features central to democratic governance, such as regular elections, freedom of speech and association and a widespread (if still contested) franchise. But we believe that if policymaking is dominated by powerful business organisations and a small number of affluent Americans, then America's claims to being a democratic society are seriously threatened..." [/I] Original paper: [URL='https://www.princeton.edu/~mgilens/Gilens%20homepage%20materials/Gilens%20and%20Page/Gilens%20and%20Page%202014-Testing%20Theories%203-7-14.pdf'] Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens [/URL] [/QUOTE]
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