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9780521884334

Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics

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  • ISBN13:

    9780521884334

  • ISBN10:

    0521884330

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-08-24
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Summary

Although politics at the elite level has been polarized for some time, a scholarly controversy has raged over whether ordinary Americans are polarized. This book argues that they are and that the reason is growing polarization of worldviews - what guides people's view of right and wrong and good and evil. These differences in worldview are rooted in what Marc J. Hetherington and Jonathan D. Weiler describe as authoritarianism. They show that differences of opinion concerning the most provocative issues on the contemporary issue agenda - about race, gay marriage, illegal immigration, and the use of force to resolve security problems - reflect differences in individuals' levels of authoritarianism. Events and strategic political decisions have conspired to make all these considerations more salient. The authors demonstrate that the left and the right have coalesced around these opposing worldviews, which has provided politics with more incandescent hues than before.

Table of Contents

Spanking or time out: a clash of worldviews?
Putting polarization in perspective
Authoritarianism and non-authoritarianism: concepts and measures
Historical account of the roots of worldview evolution
How authoritarianism structures contemporary issues
Threat and authoritarianism: polarization or convergence
Evidence of worldview evolution
Immigration: a reinforcing cleavage that constrains the GOP
What the 2008 democratic nomination struggle reveals about party polarization
A somewhat different take on polarization
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