The myth of left and right: how the political spectrum misleads and harms America

The left-right political spectrum is the dominant paradigm of contemporary American politics, but it promotes the confusion and hostility that characterize our current public discourse. This book explains how the political spectrum emerged and took hold in the interwar years, when it modeled only th...

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Main Authors: Lewis, Hyrum S. (Author), Lewis, Verlan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press [2023]
Series:Studies in postwar American political development
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Summary:The left-right political spectrum is the dominant paradigm of contemporary American politics, but it promotes the confusion and hostility that characterize our current public discourse. This book explains how the political spectrum emerged and took hold in the interwar years, when it modeled only the size of government, and how new social and foreign policy issues have arisen to complicate the political landscape and render the unidimensional model obsolete.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:vii, 160 Seiten
ISBN:9780197680216
9780197680629

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