TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nivola,Pietro S.
AU  - Brady,David W.
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Red and blue nation?: characteristics and causes of America's polarized politics. Vol. 1 
AV  - JK2261 .R28 2006
U1  - 324.273 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - [Stanford, Calif.], Washington, D.C.
PB  - Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University, Brookings Institution Press
KW  - Political parties
KW  - United States
KW  - Party affiliation
KW  - Polarization (Social sciences)
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; v. 1. Delineating the problem / William A. Galston and Pietro S. Nivola -- Disconnected : the political class versus the people / Morris P. Fiorina and Matthew S. Levendusky. Comments : Disconnected, or joined at the hip? / Alan I. Abramowitz, Gary C. Jacobson ; Rejoinder / Morris P. Fiorina and Matthew S. Levendusky ; Rejoinder / Alan I. Abramowitz -- Polarization then and now : a historical perspective / David W. Brady and Hahrie C. Han. Comments : Polarization runs deep, even by yesterday's standards / James E. Campbell, Carl M. Cannon -- Polarized by God? : American politics and the religious divide / E. J. Dionne Jr. Comments : Myths and realities of religion in politics / Alan Wolfe, Andrew Kohut -- How the mass media divide us / Diana C. Mutz. Comments : Two alternative perspectives / Thomas Rosentiel, Greg Easterbrook -- Polarizing the House of Representatives : how much does gerrymandering matter? / Thomas E. Mann. Comments : Why other sources of polarization matter more / Gary C. Jacobson, Thomas B. Edsall; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
N2  - "Considers the extent to which polarized views among political leaders and activists are reflected in the population at large. Pays particular attention to factors such as the increased influence of religion and the changing nature of the media and offers thoughtful analyses of the underlying problems"--Provided by publisher
UR  - http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/aitie/detail.action?docID=286940
ER  -