Deeply divided : racial politics and social movements in Post-War America / Doug McAdam, Karina Kloos.

Author/creator McAdam, Doug
Other author Kloos, Karina.
Format Book
PublicationOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Description396 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Democracy--United States.
Equality--United States.
Political parties--United States.
Divided government--United States.
United States--Politics and government.
United States--Social conditions.

Contents How did we get into this mess? -- Postwar America: bipartisan consensus, the median voter, and the absence of social movements -- The center will not hold: the 1960s and the shifting racial geography of American politics -- The strange, consequential seventies -- The Reagan revolution? -- The slow-release revolution: 1988-2008 -- The Obama years: uncivil war -- Restoring American democracy.
Abstract In this sweeping look at American politics from the Depression to the present, Doug McAdam and Karina Kloos argue that party politics alone is not responsible for the mess we find ourselves in. Instead, it was the ongoing interaction of social movements and parties that, over time, pushed Democrats and Republicans toward their ideological margins, undermining the post-war consensus in the process . . . In Deeply Divided, McAdam and Kloos depart from established explanations of the conservative turn in the United States and trace the roots of political polarization and economic inequality back to the shifting racial geography of American politics in the 1960s.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 371-387) and index.
LCCN 2014000094
ISBN9780199937851 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
ISBN0199937850 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks JK1726 .M397 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold