Unequal and Unrepresented: Political Inequality and the People’s Voice in the New Gilded Age

By Sidney Verba *59, Kay Lehman Schlozman , and Henry E. Brady

Published March 7, 2018

Despite claiming that everyone is equal, American democracy gives greater voice to the rich than to the underprivileged, especially through campaign donations and lobbying groups. Unequal and Unrepresented (Princeton University Press) argues that this imbalance poses a serious threat to democracy.

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