Around the same time, the two major political parties began to become more ideologically coherent andstarted to move apart from each other, a processthat has continued to this day. Conservatives moved more clearly into the Republican camp, while liberals shifted into the...
The political decisions of Goldwater, Nixon, and Reagan solidified the black democratic partisanship, as well as the Southern white republican partisanship. As the years have past the black democratic partisanship has become a racially polarized and the republicans have given up on achieving a higher...
The U.S. is truly exceptional in just how polarized its politics have become, but it’s not alone. People in countries with majoritarian(ish) democracies, or two very dominant parties dominating its politics like in the U.S. — think Canada, Britain, Australia — have displayed mor...
Over the years, some scholars have not only written against the concept of immigrant integration but have called for its rejection and abandonment. Critics argue that the concept is normative, objectifies others, mirrors outmoded imaginary of society, orients towards methodological nationalism, and a...
So in order to meaningfully fix the deficit, not only would a highly polarized Congress have to agree on some sort of grand bargain which has been entirely impossible in the post-GFC environment and is unpopular with the voter base, it would also have to include a rather deep and skillful...
If, following Bamme, formal equality has largely become normative, how have liberty and fraternity fared, and do alternative political communities pursue their realization differently? In these brief comments, I am likely to err on the side of excessive schematization: the po...
Being influenced by polarized agendas can heighten sensitivity and lead to quick offenses. In a world of strong political and social divides, people can become very defensive about their beliefs. This can make them react strongly to any opposing view, seeing it as a threat to their identity or...
Thus I have written this book to help you understand her heart of your darkness in the Trump resistance movement—to really understand what really happened to Hillary Rodham Clinton. I don’t want her deep denials to become yours. If they do, all you resist concerning Trump will come to ...
Hot-button social issues like abortion, evolution and same-sex marriage have proven to be highly divisive. Gun control, tax policy and entitlements all elicit passionate, if wildly polarized, viewpoints. What role does accountability play in such a charged environment? There is no simple answer ...
Current and former senators say part of the change in the Senate is the fact that the country has become more polarized. Campaigns are bitterly fought, and incumbent lawmakers have to fear being primaried by their base as much as opponents from the opposing party. That atmosphere has given sen...