Political polarization in American politics. (2015 copyright 2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Daniel J. Hopkins and John Sides.
• Other Names: Sides, John; Hopkins, Daniel J
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1. What we know and don't know about our polarized politics-Nolan McCarty -- How are we polarized? -- 2. Partisan warfare is the problem-Sean Theriault -- 3. How U.S. state legislatures are polarized and getting more polarized-Boris Shor -- 4. Our politics is polarized on more issues than ever before-Thomas Carsey and Geoffrey Layman -- 5. How politically moderate Americans? Less than it seems-Christopher Hare and Keith Poole -- 6. Americans aren't polarized, just better sorted-Morris Fiorina and Samuel Abrams -- 7. Are politicians and activists reliably 'more extreme' than voters? A skeptical perspective- David Broockman -- 8. Party polarization is making us more prejudiced-Lilliana Mason -- 9. Politics stops at the water's edge? Not recently-Robert Lieber -- Why are we polarized? -- 10. The two key factors behind our polarized politics-Jeff Stonecash -- 11. American politics is more competitive than ever, and that's making partisanship worse-Frances Lee -- 12. How race and religion have polarized American voters-Alan Abramowitz -- 13. How ideological activists constructed our polarized parties-Hans Noel -- 14. How better educated whites are driving political polarization-Andrew Gelman -- 15. Are Fox and MSNBC polarizing America?-Matthew Levendusky -- 16. Why you shouldn't blame polarization on partisan news-Kevin Arceneaux -- 17. The media make us think we're more polarized than we really are-Matthew Levendusky and Neil Malhotra -- Polarization Abroad -- 18. Sure, Congress is polarized. But other legislatures are more so-David Brady -- 19. Canada is polarizing-and it's because of the parties-Richard Johnston -- 20. In Britain, polarization could be the solution-Rob Ford -- What Can Be Done? -- 21. Our politics may be polarized, but that's nothing new-David Brady and Hahrie Hahn -- 22. Polarization in Congress has risen sharply. Where is it going next?-Christopher Hare, Keith Poole, and Howard Rosenthal -- 23. Can young voters break the cycle of polarization?-Robert Shapiro -- 24. How to fix our polarized politics? Strengthen political parties-Richard Pildes -- 25. Our political parties are network, not fragmented-Seth Masket -- 26. Gridlock is bad. The alternative is worse-Morris Fiorina.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (128 pages)
• Subjects: 324.273; Political structures: democracy; Divided government -- United States; Party affiliation -- United States; Political parties -- United States; Polarization (Social sciences) -- United States; Ideology -- United States; Political culture -- United States; Politics, Practical -- United States; Political participation -- United States; Voting -- United States; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties; Political ideologies; Politics & government; Political Science -- Government -- General; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- General; Political Science -- Political Process -- Political Parties; Political Science -- Government -- National; Political science & theory; United States -- Politics and government
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781501306280; 1501306286
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