American Gridlock (eBook, ePUB)

The Sources, Character, and Impact of Political Polarization
Redaktion: Thurber, James A.

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Produktbeschreibung

American Gridlock brings together the country's preeminent experts on the causes, characteristics, and consequences of partisan polarization in US politics and government, with each chapter presenting original scholarship and novel data. This book is the first to combine research on all facets of polarization, among the public (both voters and activists), in our federal institutions (Congress, the presidency, and the Supreme Court), at the state level, and in the media. Each chapter includes a bullet-point summary of its main argument and conclusions, and is written in clear prose that highlights the substantive implications of polarization for representation and policy-making. Authors examine polarization with an array of current and historical data, including public opinion surveys, electoral and legislative and congressional data, experimental data, and content analyses of media outlets. American Gridlock's theoretical and empirical depth distinguishes it from any other volume on polarization.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316444023
• Artikelnr.: 49272018

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Polarization among Voters and Activists: 1. The new American
electorate: partisan, sorted, and polarized Alan I. Abramowitz; 2.
Redistricting and polarization Micah Altman and Michael McDonald; 3. Party
activists, interest groups, and polarization in American politics David
Karol; 4. Authoritarianism and polarization in American politics, still?
Marc J. Hetherington and Jonathan Weiler; 5. Party sorting: the foundation
of polarized politics Samuel J. Abrams and Morris P. Fiorina; Part II.
Polarization in National Institutions: 6. Presidential-congressional
relations in an era of polarized parties and a sixty-vote Senate Jon R.
Bond, Richard Fleisher and Jeffrey E. Cohen; 7. Party warriors: the ugly
side of party polarization in Congress Sean M. Theriault; 8. The sources
and consequences of polarization in the US Supreme Court Brandon L.
Bartels; Part III. Polarization in the States: 9. Polarization in American
state legislatures Boris Shor; 10. The costs of party reform: two states'
experiences Seth E. Masket; 11. The policy consequences of party
polarization: evidence from the American States Elizabeth Rigby and Gerald
C. Wright; Part IV. Polarization in the Media: 12. Partisan media and
electoral polarization in 2012: evidence from the American National
Election Study Gary C. Jacobson; 13. News as a casualty: district
polarization and media coverage of US House campaigns Danny Hayes and
Jennifer L. Lawless; 14. More a symptom than a cause: polarization and
partisan news media in America Kevin Arceneaux and Martin Johnson; 15. The
polarizing effects of partisan and mainstream news Natalie Jomini Stroud
and Alexander Curry; Part V. Implications and Conclusions: 16.
Congressional polarization and its connection to income equality: an update
Adam Bonica, Nolan McCarty, Keith T. Poole and Howard Rosenthal; 17. The
sources and impact of political polarization James A. Thurber and Antoine
Yoshinaka.