TY  - GEN
T1  - Party polarization in America : the war over two social contracts
A1  - Wood, B. Dan
A1  - Jordan, Soren
LA  - English
PP  - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
YR  - 2017
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1003596721
AB  - "This book develops a general explanation for party polarization in America from both historical and contemporary perspectives. Prior polarization studies focused exclusively on the modern era, but this work traces party polarization from the constitutional convention of 1787 to the present. Using such a broad historical perspective shows that what was unusual in American history was the period of low polarization from the Great Depression through 1980, rather than the period of high polarization of the modern era. Polarization is the norm of the American system, not the exception, and is likely to persist in the future. More theoretically, party polarization in America has been due to class-based conflict and rent-seeking by the patrician and plebian classes in various historical eras, rather than conflict over cultural values. As in earlier historical eras, modern party polarization has largely been elite-driven, with party entrepreneurs cunningly and strategically using polarization to their advantage"--
OP  - 371
CN  - JK2265 .W66 2017
SN  - 9781108164450
SN  - 1108164455
SN  - 9781316647004
SN  - 1316647005
SN  - 9781108178037
SN  - 1108178030
SN  - 9781107195929
SN  - 1107195926
SN  - 9781108175319
SN  - 1108175317
KW  - Political parties : United States : History.
KW  - Polarization (Social sciences) : United States : History.
KW  - Political culture : United States : History.
KW  - Elite (Social sciences) : Political activity : United States : History.
KW  - Polarisation collective : États-Unis : Histoire.
KW  - Élite (Sciences sociales) : Activité politique : États-Unis : Histoire.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Government : General.
KW  - Elite (Social sciences) : Political activity
KW  - Polarization (Social sciences)
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Political parties
KW  - United States
KW  - History
ER  -