Disconnect: The Breakdown of Representation in American Politics by Morris P. Fiorina, Samuel J. Abrams

Disconnect: The Breakdown of Representation in American Politics



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Disconnect: The Breakdown of Representation in American Politics Morris P. Fiorina, Samuel J. Abrams ebook
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Page: 272
ISBN: 9780806142289


"Morris P. Fiorina examines today's party system to reassess arguments about party polarization while offering a cogent overview of the American electorate. This book explains how contemporary politics differs from that of previous eras and considers what might be done to overcome the unproductive politics of recent decades." "Drawing on polling results and other data, Fiorina examines the disconnect between an unrepresentative "political class" and the citizenry it purports to represent, showing how politicians have become more polarized while voters remain moderate; how politicians' rhetoric and activities reflect hot-button issues that are not public priorities; and how politicians' dogmatic, divisive, and uncivil style of "debate" contrasts with the more civil discourse of ordinary Americans, who tend to be more polite and open to compromise than their leaders." Fiorina argues that the political class foments unnecessary conflicts to maintain partisan advantage - whereas the electorate is far less divided than the media would have us believe. He shows that Americans share much more common ground than generally recognized, and that the real locus of extremism is within the political class itself. In particular, he criticizes recent electoral and governing strategies that culminated in the post-9/11 divisiveness of the George W. Bush administration. The volume concludes with a consideration of President Barack Obama's historic 2008 election and its implications for the waning of the so-called Culture Wars.

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