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Disconnect : the breakdown of representation in American politics / Morris P. Fiorina, with Samuel J. Abrams.
- Title
- Disconnect : the breakdown of representation in American politics / Morris P. Fiorina, with Samuel J. Abrams.
- Author
- Fiorina, Morris P.
- Publication
- Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c2009.
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- Additional Authors
- Abrams, Samuel J., 1980-
- Description
- xxi, 249 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.
- Summary
- Drawing on polling results and other data, Fiorina examines the disconnect between an unrepresentative "political class" and the citizenry it purports to represent, showing how politicians have become more polarized while voters remain moderate; how politicians' rhetoric and activities reflect hot-button issues that are not public priorities; and how politicians' dogmatic, divisive, and uncivil style of "debate" contrasts with the more civil discourse of ordinary Americans, who tend to be more polite and open to compromise than their leaders."--[book jacket].
- Series Statement
- Julian J. Rothbaum distinguished lecture series ; v. 11
- Uniform Title
- Julian J. Rothbaum distinguished lecture series v. 11.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- A disconnect in political positions -- Disconnects in priorities, certainty, and style -- Popular misconceptions of polarization -- Institutional contributors to the disconnect -- Social change and party sorting -- Suburbs, new interest groups, and political adaptation -- The disconnect: How unusual? How bad? -- Reconnecting the people and their government -- Appendix: Problems in measuring legislative polarization.
- ISBN
- 9780806140742 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0806140747 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2009020835
- OCLC
- 370387663
- SCSB-10010429
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library