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

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2013.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.973
• Soggetto topico: Elections; Europe - Politics and government; Political science; Communication in politics; Electoral Politics; European Politics; Political Science; Political Communication; Political Theory
• Classificazione: POL015000POL025000POL042000POL043000
• Persona (resp. second.): FrischS; KellyS
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Politics to the Extreme
• ISBN: 1-78539-634-X; 1-137-36142-5; 1-137-31276-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808551603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II