American political observers express increasing concern about affective polarization, i.e., partisans' resentment toward political opponents. We advance debates about America's partisan divisions by comparing affective polarization in the US over the past 25 years with affective polarizati...

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Hauptverfasser:	Gidron, Noam ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn), Adams, James F. 1962- (VerfasserIn), Horne, Will ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2020
Schriftenreihe:	Cambridge elements: Elements in American politics
Schlagworte:	Geschichte 1990-2020 Polarization (Social sciences) / United States Polarization (Social sciences) / Cross-cultural studies Right and left (Political science) / United States Political parties / United States Polarisierung Gesellschaft Spaltung Politik United States / Politics and government / 1989- USA
Zusammenfassung:	American political observers express increasing concern about affective polarization, i.e., partisans' resentment toward political opponents. We advance debates about America's partisan divisions by comparing affective polarization in the US over the past 25 years with affective polarization in 19 other western publics. We conclude that American affective polarization is not extreme in comparative perspective, although Americans' dislike of partisan opponents has increased more rapidly since the mid-1990s than in most other Western publics. We then show that affective polarization is more intense when unemployment and inequality are high; when political elites clash over cultural issues such as immigration and national identity; and in countries with majoritarian electoral institutions. Our findings situate American partisan resentment and hostility in comparative perspective, and illuminate correlates of affective polarization that are difficult to detect when examining the American case in isolation
Beschreibung:	85 Seiten Diagramme
ISBN:	9781108823449