Red and blue nation? : consequences and correction of America's polarized politics / Pietro S. Nivola, David W. Brady.

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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Main Author: Nivola, Pietro S.
Corporate Authors: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Brookings Institution
Other Authors: Brady, David W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
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.
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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.