The polarizers : postwar architects of our partisan era

The polarizers : postwar architects of our partisan era / Sam Rosenfeld.

"Even in this most partisan and dysfunctional of eras, we can all agree on one thing: Washington is broken. Polticians take increasingly inflexible and extreme positions, leading to gridlock, partisan warfare, and the sense that our seats of government are nothing but cesspools of rancor, child...

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Main Author: Rosenfeld, Sam (Political scientist) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Political parties > United States.
Polarization (Social sciences) > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
United States > Politics and government > 1989-
Table of Contents:
  • The idea of responsible partisanship, 1945-1952
  • Democrats and the politics of principle, 1952-1960
  • A choice, not an echo, 1948-1964
  • Power in movement, 1961-1968
  • The age of party reform, 1968-1975
  • The making of a vanguard party, 1969-1980
  • Liberal alliance-building for lean times, 1972-1980
  • Dawn of a new party period, 1980-2000
  • Conclusion: Polarization without responsibility, 2000-2016.

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