Marc J. Hetherington, Jonathan D. Weiler

Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics

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Produktbeschreibung

The left and right in America are now divided by politically irreconcilable worldviews, and the root of that divide is authoritarianism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 428g
• ISBN-13: 9780521711241
• ISBN-10: 052171124X
• Artikelnr.: 26572340

Autorenporträt

Marc J. Hetherington is currently Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. In 2004 he was awarded the Emerging Scholar Award from the Public Opinion, Elections, and Voting Behavior Section of the American Political Science Association for his scholarly contribution within his first ten years in the profession. He is also the author of Why Trust Matters: Declining Political Trust and the Demise of American Liberalism and numerous articles that have appeared in American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, the British Journal of Political Science, and Public Opinion Quarterly.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Spanking or time out: a clash of worldviews?
2. Putting polarization in perspective
3. Authoritarianism and non-authoritarianism: concepts and measures
4. Historical account of the roots of worldview evolution
5. How authoritarianism structures contemporary issues
6. Threat and authoritarianism: polarization or convergence
7. Evidence of worldview evolution
8. Immigration: a reinforcing cleavage that constrains the GOP
9. What the 2008 democratic nomination struggle reveals about party polarization
10. A somewhat different take on polarization.