Divided America The Ferocious Power Struggle in American Politics |
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Author:
| Black, Earl Black, Merle |
ISBN: | 978-1-4165-3905-6 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2007 |
Publisher: | Simon & Schuster
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Imprint: | Simon & Schuster |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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Divided America tells the biggest story in American politics today. It's the story behind the emergence of a ferocious power struggle between conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats that is tearing the country's politics apart. Drawing on extensive polling data and close analyses of presidential, senatorial, and congressional elections over the past fifty years, two eminent political scientists show, for the first time, how partisan warfare has reduced both major parties to...
More DescriptionDivided America tells the biggest story in American politics today. It's the story behind the emergence of a ferocious power struggle between conservative Republicans and liberal Democrats that is tearing the country's politics apart. Drawing on extensive polling data and close analyses of presidential, senatorial, and congressional elections over the past fifty years, two eminent political scientists show, for the first time, how partisan warfare has reduced both major parties to minority status and locked them into fierce power struggles in each election cycle, thereby making America less stable and more difficult to govern.