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Political Polarization in American Politics

Name: Political Polarization in American Politics
ISBN: 9781501306297

John Sides,

Daniel J. Hopkins,

128 pages
English
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eBook - PDF

Political Polarization in American Politics

John Sides,

Daniel J. Hopkins,

About this book

Political Polarization in American Politics provides short, accessible chapters about the nature and extent of political polarization within the American public and in American political institutions. These chapters capture the central ideas and debates in political science research on polarization, and are written by leading scholars in this subfield. Each chapter is accompanied by discussion questions and a guide to further reading, making this a great addition to any course looking at issues of polarization.

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Year

Print ISBN

eBook ISBN

Edition

Topic

Politics & International Relations

Subtopic

American Government

Index

Politics & International Relations

1

What 

we

know 

and

do

not

know 

about 

our

polarized 

politics

Nolan 

McCarty

Numerous 

times 

over 

the

past 

several 

years 

Americans 

have 

witnessed 

how

the

lack 

of

compromise 

and

eﬀective 

negotiation 

are

central 

problems 

in

our

political 

system. 

e 

bigger 

challenge 

is

explaining 

how

this 

came 

about, 

and

what 

can

be

done 

about 

it.

To

this 

end, 

Jane 

Mansbridge, 

Harvard 

political 

theorist 

and

past 

president 

of

the

American 

Political 

Science 

Association 

(APSA), 

and

Cathie 

Jo

Martin 

convened 

an

APSA 

task 

force 

to

lay

out

an

intellectual 

agenda 

for

the

study 

of

political 

negotiation 

and

promote 

the

many 

insights 

from 

political 

science, 

psychology, 

and

economics 

that 

might 

help 

improve 

negotiations 

and

facilitate 

compromise.

1

As

part 

of

this 

project, 

I

was

asked 

to

head 

a

subgroup 

that 

focused 

on

how

rising 

levels 

of

polarization 

and

1

Jane 

Mansbridge 

and

Cathie 

Jo

Martin, 

“Task 

Force 

on

Negotiating 

Agreement 

in

Politics,” 

American 

Political 

Science 

Association

,

accessed 

September 

22,

2014. 

http://www.apsanet.org/negotiatingagreement/.

Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Contributors
Chapter 1 What we know and do not know about our polarized politics
Part 1 How are we polarized?
Part 2 Why are we polarized?
Part 3 Polarization abroad
Part 4 What can be done?
Index

9780815798743,

9781476700397,

About this book

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