Political polarization in American politics / edited by John Sides, Daniel J. Hopkins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hopkins, Daniel J., editor.

Sides, John, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Divided government--United States.

Divided government.

Ideology--United States.

Ideology.

Party affiliation--United States.

Party affiliation.

Polarization (Social sciences)--United States.

Polarization (Social sciences).

Political culture--United States.

Political culture.

Political participation--United States.

Political participation.

Political parties--United States.

Political parties.

Politics, Practical--United States.

Politics, Practical.

Voting--United States.

Voting.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Political Polarization in American Politics provides short, accessible chapters about the nature and extent of political polarization within the American public and in American political institutions. These chapters capture the central ideas and debates in political science research on polarization, and are written by leading scholars in this subfield. Each chapter is accompanied by discussion questions and a guide to further reading, making this a great addition to any course looking at issues of polarization."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781501306280

1501306286

9781501306266

150130626X

9781501306297

1501306294

OCLC:

903644146