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1 online resource (276 pages) 30 figures, 9 |
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Foreword -- Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein Introduction -- Scott A. Frisch and Sean Q Kelly PART I: CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF PARTISAN POLARIZATION 1. Appropriations to the Extreme: Partisanship and the Power of the Purse -- Geoffrey W. Buhl, Scott A. Frisch and Sean Q Kelly 2. The Gingrich Senators, the Tea Party Senators, and Their Effect on the U.S. Senate -- Sean Theriault 3. The Weaponization of Congressional Oversight: The Politics of the Watchful Eye, 1947-2010 -- David C.W. Parker and Matthew Dull 4. Party Polarization, Member Incivility, and Legislative Productivity: A Two-Dimensional Perspective on Conflict and Moderation in Congress -- Lawrence C. Dodd and Scot Schraufnagel 5. Let's Play Hardball: Congressional Partisanship in the Television Era -- Douglas Harris 6. Profile Politics: Examining Polarization through Congressional Member Facebook Pages -- Jose Marichal 7. Necessary and Damaging: Presidential Base Electoral Strategies and Partisan Polarization -- Lara Brown 8. A Polarizing Supreme Court? Judicial Decisions in a Red/Blue America -- Kevin J. McMahon PART II: BRIDGING THE PARTISAN DIVIDE 9. Growing Apart: 'Civilista' Attempts to Bridge the Partisan Rift -- Frank Mackaman 10. Can Polarization be Mitigated? California's Experiment with the Top-Two Primary -- Seth Masket 11. How to Turn Democrats and Republicans into Americans -- Mickey Edwards |
| Summary |
To overcome the political deadlock that overshadows the pressing problems facing the United States, the academies top scholars address the causes and consequences of polarization in American politics, and suggest solutions for bridging the partisan divide. Contemporary American politics have produced levels of ideological conflict not seen since the Civil War. Congressional voting records especially illustrate the increasing ideological polarization between Democrats and Republicans in the Senate. In the 95th Senate, conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans overlapped in the center of the political spectrum. A decade later, the degree of ideological overlap had plummeted, and by the 109th Congress it had all but disappeared. The result is the near-complete gridlock the country has experienced over the last decade, resonating from the fiscal cliff to the debt ceiling. Politics to the Extreme brings together leading scholars and experts to examine how ideological warfare infects and affects American political institutions, hindering the ability on our institutions to respond to pressing policy challenges. This incisive and approachable analysis also identifies solutions for bridging the partisan divide and restoring courtesy to Congress |
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Electronic book text |
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Epublication based on: 9781137324924 |
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Polarization (Social sciences) -- United States
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Political parties -- USA -- 21st century.
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Political activism -- USA -- 21st century.
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Politics and Government.
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Polarization (Social sciences)
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Politics and government
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Political parties -- United States of America, USA -- 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100.
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Political activism -- United States of America, USA -- 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100.
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Political ideologies -- United States of America, USA -- 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100.
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Politics and Government.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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United States
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Frisch, Scott A
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Kelly, Sean Q
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| ISBN |
9781137312761 |
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1137312769 |
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