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The disunited states : threats of secession in Red and Blue America and why they won't work / Ryan D. Griffiths.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Griffiths, Ryan D., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Polarization (Social sciences)--Political aspects--United States.
- Polarization (Social sciences).
- Right and left (Political science)--United States.
- Right and left (Political science).
- Secession--United States.
- Secession.
- Political culture--United States.
- Political culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- 2025.
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- Proponents of secession make three arguments: the two sides have irreconcilable differences; secession is a legal right; & smaller political units are better. Through interviews with secessionist advocates in America, Ryan Griffiths explores the case for why Red America & Blue America should split up. But as 'The Disunited States' shows, these arguments are fundamentally incorrect. Secession is the wrong solution to the problem of polarization. Red & Blue America are not neatly sorted & geographically concentrated. Splitting the two parts would need a dangerous unmixing of the population, one that could spiral into violence & state collapse. Drawing on his expertise on secessionism worldwide, he shows how the process has played out internationally & and usually disastrously. Ultimately, this book will disabuse readers of the belief that secession will fix America's problems.
- Contents:
- The year of two presidents
- What is secession?
- Secession around the world
- Redland and blueland : the case for secession
- Three blueprints for American divorce
- The perils of American divorce
- The right to secede?
- The benefits of smallness?
- American divorce : what it would really look like
- Why America should stay together.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 2, 2025).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-781627-4
- 0-19-781628-2
- 0-19-781626-6
- OCLC:
- 1513085298
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