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Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Description
x, 225 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Prompted by the EU referendum in the UK and the presidential election in the USA, A. C. Grayling investigates why the institutions of representative democracy seem unable to hold up against forces they were designed to manage, and why, crucially, it matters. First he considers moments in history - Periclean Athens, the English Civil War, the American and French Revolutions, among them - in which the challenges we face today were first encountered...
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Language
English
Description
"Political activist and social media star Candace Owens explains all the reasons how the Democratic Party policies hurt, rather than help, the African American community, and why she and many others are turning right"--
Owens, an American conservative political activist, believes that Black Americans have long been shackled to the Democrats, watching liberal politicians take the black vote for granted without pledging anything in return. She contends...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Description
xii, 386 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"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...
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Language
English
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Political polarization in America is at an all-time high, and the conflict has moved beyond disagreements about matters of policy. Research has shown that, for the first time in more than twenty years, majorities of both parties hold strongly unfavorable views of their opponents. This is polarization rooted in social identity, and it is growing. The campaign and election of Donald Trump laid bare this fact of the American electorate, its successful...
Pub. Date
< >-2008.
Physical Description
volumes < -2 > : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Considers the extent to which polarized views among political leaders and activists are reflected in the population at large. Pays particular attention to factors such as the increased influence of religion and the changing nature of the media and offers thoughtful analyses of the underlying problems"--Provided by publisher.
16) Checked and balanced: how ticket-splitters are shaping the new balance of power in American politics
Author
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Description
xvi, 132 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
19) Independents rising: outsider movements, third parties, and the struggle for post-partisan America
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Description
xiii, 238 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"As today's Tea Party movement demonstrates, Republicans and Democrats are out of touch with a huge section of the electorate. Despite two-party dominance in Washington, a full 38 percent of Americans identify themselves as independents who hold no allegiance to either the Democrats or the Republicans. Yet, as large as this group has become, they are only vaguely understood. Independent insider Jacqueline Salit chronicles the history of the independent...
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Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Description
xi, 194 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this book, Alan I. Abramowitz presents an argument that the most important divide in American politics is not between left and right but rather between citizens who are politically engaged and those who are not. It is the engaged members of the public, he argues, who most closely reflect the ideals of democratic citizenship - but this is also the group that is most polarized. Polarization at the highest levels of government, therefore, is not...
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