Matt Grossmann, David A. Hopkins

Polarized by Degrees

How the Diploma Divide and the Culture War Transformed American Politics

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Produktbeschreibung

Over the past several decades, American society has experienced fundamental changes - from shifting relations between social groups and evolving language and behavior norms to the increasing value of a college degree. These transformations have polarized the nation's political climate and ignited a perpetual culture war. In a sequel to their award-winning collaboration Asymmetric Politics, Grossmann and Hopkins draw on an extensive variety of evidence to explore how these changes have affected both major parties. They show that the Democrats have become the home of highly-educated citizens with progressive social views who prefer credentialed experts to make policy decisions, while Republicans have become the populist champions of white voters without college degrees who increasingly distrust teachers, scientists, journalists, universities, non-profit organizations, and even corporations. The result of this new "diploma divide" between the parties is an increasingly complex worldin which everything is about politics - and politics is about everything.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 707g
• ISBN-13: 9781316512012
• ISBN-10: 1316512010
• Artikelnr.: 70102196

Autorenporträt

Matt Grossmann is Director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research and Professor of Political Science at Michigan State University. He serves as Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center and Contributor to FiveThirtyEight. He is author of six books, including How Social Science Got Better (2021) and Asymmetric Politics (2021).

Inhaltsangabe

Inspiration and Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: Changing Parties in a Changing World; 2. How Educated Liberals are Winning the Culture War; 3. 'Hope and Chang'" Meets 'Make America Great Again'; 4. The Rise of the Diploma Divide in American Elections; 5. Trust the Institutions, or Burn Them Down?; 6. Fighting 'Woke Capitalism': The Republican Rebellion Against Corporate America; 7. Are Policymakers Solving Problems or Imposing Values?; 8. Conclusion: Why Everything's About Politics Now, and Politics Is About Everything.

Rezensionen

'Polarized by Degrees, illuminates in detail the most consequential transformation of American politics since the New Deal realignment: The conversion of the working class Democratic party into the party of educated elites and the Republican transition from the party of business to a populist party of whites without college degrees. Written by two of the nation's foremost political scientists, Matt Grossmann and David A. Hopkins, this book provides crucial understanding of contemporary elections that is both accessible to laymen and revealing for scholars. Polarized by Degrees is essential reading for everyone trying to figure out what the hell is going on in American politics.' Thomas B. Edsall, Columnist, The New York Times