American gridlock : the sources, character, and impact of political polarization

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Label

American gridlock : the sources, character, and impact of political polarization

Title remainder

the sources, character, and impact of political polarization

Statement of responsibility

edited by James A. Thurber, Antoine Yoshinaka

Contributor

• Thurber, James A., 1943-
• Yoshinaka, Antoine

Editor

• Thurber, James A., 1943-
• Yoshinaka, Antoine

Subject

• 2000-2099
• Ideology
• Ideology -- United States
• Party affiliation
• Party affiliation -- United States
• Polarization (Social sciences)
• Polarization (Social sciences) -- United States
• Political culture
• Political culture -- United States
• Political parties
• Political parties -- United States
• Politics and government
• Right and left (Political science)
• Right and left (Political science) -- United States
• United States
• United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century

Language

eng

Summary

"American Gridlock brings together the country's preeminent experts on the causes, characteristics, and consequences of partisan polarization in U.S. 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 policymaking. The authors examine polarization with an array of current and historical data, including public opinion surveys; electoral, 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"--Page i

Cataloging source

BTCTA

Dewey number

324.20973

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

• JK2265
• JK1726

LC item number

• .A675 2015
• .A438 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography