Uncivil agreement : how politics became our identity / Lilliana Mason.
2018
JK2271 .M312 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
Uncivil agreement : how politics became our identity / Lilliana Mason.
Author
Mason, Lilliana, author.
ISBN
9780226524542 (paperback)
022652454X (paperback)
9780226524405 (hardcover)
022652440X (hardcover)
9780226524689 (electronic book)
022652454X (paperback)
9780226524405 (hardcover)
022652440X (hardcover)
9780226524689 (electronic book)
Published
Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
viii, 183 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Call Number
JK2271 .M312 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
324.273
Summary
Political polarization in America is at an all-time high, and the conflict has moved beyond disagreements about matters of policy. Research has shown that, for the first time in more than twenty years, majorities of both parties hold strongly unfavorable views of their opponents. This is polarization rooted in social identity, and it is growing. The campaign and election of Donald Trump laid bare this fact of the American electorate, its successful rhetoric of "us versus them" tapping into a powerful current of anger and resentment. Lilliana Mason looks at the growing social gulf between the two major political parties along racial, religious, and cultural lines. She argues that group identifications have changed the way we think and feel about ourselves and our opponents. Even when Democrats and Republicans can agree on policy outcomes, they tend to view one another with distrust and to work for party victory over all else. Although the polarizing effects of social divisions have simplified our electoral choices and increased political engagement, they have not been a force that is, on balance, helpful for American democracy--back cover.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Identity-based democracy
Using old words in new ways
A brief history of social sorting
Partisan prejudice
Socially sorted parties
The outrage and elation of partisan sorting
Activism for the wrong reasons
Can we fix it?
Using old words in new ways
A brief history of social sorting
Partisan prejudice
Socially sorted parties
The outrage and elation of partisan sorting
Activism for the wrong reasons
Can we fix it?