Rural Versus Urban : The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy / Suzanne Mettler, Trevor E. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mettler, Suzanne, author.

Brown, Trevor E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Right and left (Political science)--United States.

Right and left (Political science).

City and town life.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy

Rural vs Urban

Rural v Urban

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2025]

Summary:

How the urban-rural divide drives partisan polarization Why have Americans living in different places come to experience politics as a battle between "us" and "them"?In Rural Versus Urban , Suzanne Mettler and Trevor Brown argue that political polarization is not just about red states and blue states, or coastal elites who alienate those in.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Illustrations

Part I: The Emergence of a New Divide

Introduction: Rural and Urban Becomes "Us" Versus "Them

1. The Puzzle: Why Did a Rural-Urban Divide Emerge?

2. Averting "Revolution in the Countryside": The Historic Integration of Rural Places in the American Political Economy

Part II: Causes

3. Political-Economic Transformation: Rural-Urban Polarization Begins

4. Overbearing Elites and Rural Resentment: Polarization Intensifies

5. How Parties and Organizations Matter: Cementing the New Divide

Part III: Consequences

6. Polarizing Congress by Place: The Implications for Governance

7. How the Rural-Urban Divide Shapes Political Power

Part IV: Solutions

8. Does Public Policy Help Mend the Divide?

9. Party Building: A Path Forward

10. Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Appendixes

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780691264363

0-691-26436-8

OCLC:

1528962279