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The social roots of American politics : a widening gyre? / Regina L. Wagner and Byron E. Shafer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wagner, Regina L., 1983- author.
- Shafer, Byron E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political culture--United States.
- Political culture.
- Political sociology--United States.
- Political sociology.
- Political parties--United States.
- Political parties.
- United States--Politics and government--20th century.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (150 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- In 'The Social Roots of American Politics', Regina L. Wagner and Byron E. Shafer examine the social roots of American political conflict, how these roots produce differing policy preferences in the general public, and how those preferences get transmitted into American government. Drawing from over a half-century of public surveys of American voters, they show that class, race, religion, and gender provide the roots of these conflicts across the four primary domains of policy conflict: social welfare, civil rights, foreign affairs, and cultural values. By turning the focus to deep-rooted social cleavages, this book provides a novel and powerful explanation of the basic forces that shape the contours of conflict in American politics.
- Contents:
- Introduction. The roots of political conflict : social cleavages, policy preferences, and partisan alignments
- The instantiation of partisan alignments : social class and social welfare
- Enfranchisement and partisan alignment : civil rights and racial background
- Partisan mobilization and policy alignment : cultural values and religious denominations
- Sex and the great reversal in partisan attachments : men, women, and policy preferences
- Conclusion. The social evolution of postwar politics : partisan alignments since the Second World War
- Afterward. Partisan alignments, voter priorities, and presidential ballots.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2022.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 3, 2022).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-765086-4
- 0-19-765088-0
- 0-19-765087-2
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