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Party Wars: Polarization And the Politics of National Policy Making (Julian J Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series)
Party Wars Polarization And the Politics of National Policy Making - Julian J Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series Author:Barbara Sinclair Party Wars is the first book to describe how the ideological gulf now separating the two major parties developed and how today's fierce partisan competition affects the political process and national policy. Barbara Sinclair traces the current ideological divide to changes in the Republican party in the 1970s and 1980s, including the r... more »ise of neoconservativism and the Religious Right. Because of these historical developments, Democratic and Republican voters today differ substantially in what they consider good public policy, and so do the politicians they elect. Party Wars puts all the parts together to provide the first government-wide survey of the impact of polarization on national politics. Sinclair pinpoints weaknesses in the highly polarized system and offers several remedies.« less