A Tolerance for Inequality

“Drawing from decades of research on public opinion and public policy, Taylor challenges the conventional wisdom that American policymaking has a strong upper-class bias. Meticulously researched and carefully written, Taylor’s book reframes the debate on inequality in American politics. Just as importantly, it encourages political scientists to think deeply about how our own biases and preconceptions affect the questions that we ask and the answers that we find.” – Christopher Ellis | Bucknell University“A Tolerance for Inequality breaks new ground and makes a significant intellectual contribution by focusing on those areas where the connections between economic and political inequality are least established. Taylor evaluates claims about the role of inequality in American politics, countering the view that economic inequality leads to overwhelming political inequality. The result is a point-by-point examination that not only raises important qualifications but proposes valuable alternative interpretations.” – Matt Grossmann | author of “How Social Science Got Better: Overcoming Bias with More Evidence, Diversity, and Self-Reflection”

Andrew J. Taylor is professor of political science in the School of Public and International Affairs at North Carolina State University. His research focuses on American governmental institutions, and he is the author or coauthor of four books.