Red and blue nation? : consequences and correction of America's polarized politics /

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America's polarized politics are largely disconnected from mainstream public preferences. This disconnect poses fundamental dangers for the representativeness and accountability of government, as well as the already withering public trust in it. As the 2008 presidential race kicks into gear, th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Nivola, Pietro S.
Corporate Authors: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Brookings Institution
Other Authors: Brady, David W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, CA : Washington, D.C. : Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University ; Brookings Institution Press, ©2008.
Series:Red and blue nation? ; v. 2.
Subjects:
Political parties > United States.
Polarization (Social sciences)
Polarisation collective.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Parties.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Conservatism & Liberalism.
Political parties
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Turned off or turned on? How polarization affects political engagement / Marc J. Hetherington. Comments / Deborah Jordan Brooks and John G. Geer ; Martin P. Wattenberg
  • Spoiling the sausages? How a polarized Congress deliberates and legislates / Barbara Sinclair. Comments / Christopher H. Foreman Jr. ; Keith Krehbiel
  • Consequences for the courts : polarized politics and the judicial branch / Sarah A. Binder. Comments / Martin Shapiro ; Benjamin Wittes
  • When politics no longer stops at the water's edge : partisan polarization and foreign policy / Peter Beinart. Comments / James Q. Wilson ; Jonathan Rauch
  • Polarization and public policy : a general assessment / David W. Brady, John Ferejohn, and Laurel Harbridge. Comments / Andrea L. Campbell ; Eric M. Patashnik
  • Toward depolarization / Pietro S. Nivola and William A. Galston. Comments / Nelson W. Polsby ; Joel D. Aberbach ; Larry Diamond.

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