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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808551603321

Titolo

Politics to the Extreme [[electronic resource] ] : American Political Institutions in the Twenty-First Century / / edited by S. Frisch, S. Kelly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013

ISBN

1-78539-634-X

1-137-36142-5

1-137-31276-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Classificazione

POL015000POL025000POL042000POL043000

Disciplina

320.973

Soggetti

Elections

Europe - Politics and government

Political science

Communication in politics

Electoral Politics

European Politics

Political Science

Political Communication

Political Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction: Politics to the Extreme; Part I Causes and Consequences of Partisan Polarization; 1 Appropriations to the Extreme: Partisanship and the Power of the Purse; 2 The Gingrich Senators, the Tea Party Senators, and Their Effect on the US Senate; 3 The Weaponization of Congressional Oversight: The Politics of the Watchful Eye, 1947-2010; 4 Taking Incivility Seriously: Analyzing Breaches of Decorum in the US Congress (1891-2012)

5 Let's Play Hardball: Congressional Partisanship in the Television Era6 Profile Politics: Examining Polarization through Congressional Member Facebook Pages; 7 Necessary and Damaging: Presidential Base Electoral Strategies and Partisan Polarization; 8 A Polarizing Court? Analyzing



Judicial Decisions in a Red/Blue America; Part II Bridging the Partisan Divide; 9 Growing Apart: "Civilista" Attempts to Bridge the Partisan Rift; 10 Can Polarization Be "Fixed"? California's Experiment with the Top-two Primary; 11 How to Turn Democrats and Republicans into Americans; About the Authors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.