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  • Partisan Hostility and American Democracy

    Explaining Political Divisions and When They Matter

    by James N. Druckman, Samara Klar, Yanna Krupnikov, Matthew Levendusky ...
    An unflinching examination of the effects and boundaries of partisan animosity.For generations, experts argued that American politics needed cohesive parties to function effectively. Now many fear that strong partisan views, particularly hostility to the opposing party, are damaging democracy. Is partisanship as dangerous as we fear it is?To provide an answer, this book offers a nuanced evaluation ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How Partisan Media Polarize America

    by Matthew Levendusky ...
    Forty years ago, viewers who wanted to watch the news could only choose from among the major broadcast networks, all of which presented the same news without any particular point of view. Today we have a much broader array of choices, including cable channels offering a partisan take. With partisan programs gaining in popularity, some argue that they are polarizing American politics, while others ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Partisan Sort

    How Liberals Became Democrats and Conservatives Became Republicans

    by Matthew Levendusky ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    As Washington elites drifted toward ideological poles over the past few decades, did ordinary Americans follow their lead? In The Partisan Sort, Matthew Levendusky reveals that we have responded to this trend—but not, for the most part, by becoming more extreme ourselves. While polarization has filtered down to a small minority of voters, it also has had the more significant effect of ... Read more

    $22.39 USD

  • Democracy amid Crises

    Polarization, Pandemic, Protests, and Persuasion

    by Matthew Levendusky, Josh Pasek, R. Lance Holbert, Andrew Renninger, Yotam Ophir, Dror Walter, Bruce Hardy, Kate Kenski, Daniel Romer, Ken Winneg, Kathleen Hall Jamieson ...
    A data-rich analysis of how the four inter-related crises of 2020 -- the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic collapse and K-shaped recovery, the clashes over the legacy of racism and policing, and assaults on the legitimacy of democratic institutions (abetted by conspiracy theories) -- shaped not only the 2020 election, but also the future of our democracy. The 2020 election cycle was one of the most ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • Our Common Bonds

    Using What Americans Share to Help Bridge the Partisan Divide

    by Matthew Levendusky ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    A compelling exploration of concrete strategies to reduce partisan animosity by building on what Democrats and Republicans have in common.One of the defining features of twenty-first-century American politics is the rise of affective polarization: Americans increasingly not only disagree with those from the other party but distrust and dislike them as well. This has toxic downstream consequences ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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  • Changing Minds or Changing Channels?

    Partisan News in an Age of Choice

    by Kevin Arceneaux, Martin Johnson ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in American Politics
    We live in an age of media saturation, where with a few clicks of the remote—or mouse—we can tune in to programming where the facts fit our ideological predispositions. But what are the political consequences of this vast landscape of media choice? Partisan news has been roundly castigated for reinforcing prior beliefs and contributing to the highly polarized political environment we have today, ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Public Opinion

    by Carroll J. Glynn ...
    Public Opinion is a comprehensive and multidisciplinary examination of public opinion in the United States. Drawing on scholarship in political science, psychology, sociology, and communications, the authors explore the nature of political and social attitudes in the United States and how these attitudes are shaped by various institutions, with an emphasis on mass media. The book also serves as a ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Niche News

    The Politics of News Choice

    by Natalie Jomini Stroud ...
    Fox News, MSNBC, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Rush Limbaugh Show, National Public Radio--with so many options, where do people turn for news? In Niche News, Natalie Stroud investigates how people navigate these choices and the political implications that their choice ultimately entails. By combining an analysis of the various news formats that citizens rely on with innovative ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Winners and Losers

    The Psychology of Foreign Trade

    by Diana C. Mutz ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Political Behavior
    From acclaimed political scientist Diana Mutz, a revealing look at why people's attitudes on trade differ from their own self-interestWinners and Losers challenges conventional wisdom about how American citizens form opinions on international trade. While dominant explanations in economics emphasize personal self-interest—and whether individuals gain or lose financially as a result of trade—this ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • The Politics of Truth in Polarized America

    Edited by David C. Barker, Elizabeth Suhay ...
    In American politics, the truth is rapidly losing relevance. The public square is teeming with misinformation, conspiracy theories, cynicism, and hubris. Why has this happened? What does it mean? What can we do about it? In this volume, leading scholars offer multiple perspectives on these questions, and many more, to provide the first comprehensive empirical examination of the "politics of truth" ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • Conflict Resolution in the Twenty-first Century

    Principles, Methods, and Approaches

    by Jacob Bercovitch, Prof. Richard Dean Wells Jackson ...
    In the past, arbitration, direct bargaining, the use of intermediaries, and deference to international institutions were relatively successful tools for managing interstate conflict. In the face of terrorism, intrastate wars, and the multitude of other threats in the post–Cold War era, however, the conflict resolution tool kit must include preventive diplomacy, humanitarian intervention, regional ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • The Republican Brain

    The Science of Why They Deny Science--and Reality

    by Chris Mooney ...
    Bestselling author Chris Mooney uses cutting-edge research to explain the psychology behind why today’s Republicans reject reality—it's just part of who they are.From climate change to evolution, the rejection of mainstream science among Republicans is growing, as is the denial of expert consensus on the economy, American history, foreign policy and much more. Why won't Republicans accept things ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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