The Social Roots of American Politics
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 16 December 2022
- ISBN 9780197650851
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages192 pages
- Size 157x231x13 mm
- Weight 290 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 6 b/w line drawings; 62 tables 246
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Short description:
In The Social Roots of American Politics, Regina L. Wagner and Byron E. Shafer examine the social roots of American political conflict, how these roots produce differing policy preferences in the general public, and how those preferences get transmitted into American government. Drawing from over a half-century of public surveys of American voters, they demonstrate that class, race, religion, and gender provide the roots of these conflicts across the four primary domains of policy conflict: social welfare, civil rights, foreign affairs, and cultural values. By turning the focus to deep-rooted social cleavages, this book provides a novel and powerful explanation of the basic forces that shape the contours of conflict in American politics.
MoreLong description:
A novel and powerful explanation of the social roots of American politics and the powerful forces in the background.
The usual approach to political conflict is to look at policy battles inside government, then trace them back to political parties and organized interests. Yet, in The Social Roots of American Politics, Regina L. Wagner and Byron E. Shafer begin at the opposite end of the causal chain by looking at the social roots of American political conflict, how these roots produce differing policy preferences in the general public, and how those preferences get transmitted into American government. Drawing from over a half-century of public surveys of American voters, they demonstrate that class, race, religion, and gender provide the roots of these conflicts across the four primary domains of policy conflict: social welfare, civil rights, foreign affairs, and cultural values. They also factor in how regional differences affect partisan attachment, focusing on the South in particular. By turning the focus to deep-rooted social cleavages, this book provides a novel and powerful explanation of the basic forces that shape the contours of conflict in American politics.
Using comprehensive data, this work is an original analysis that anchors U.S. policy-making into social cleavages and party allegiances across many decades.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: The Roots of Political Conflict: Social Cleavages, Policy Preferences, and Partisan Alignments
Chapter One: The Instantiation of Partisan Alignments: Social Class and Social Welfare
Chapter Two: Enfranchisement and Partisan Alignment: Civil Rights and Racial Background
Chapter Three: Partisan Mobilization and Policy Alignment: Cultural Values and Religious Denominations
Chapter Four: Sex and the Great Reversal in Partisan Attachments: Men, Women, and Policy Preferences
Conclusion: The Social Evolution of Postwar Politics: Partisan Alignments since the Second World War
Afterward: Partisan Alignments, Voter Priorities, and Presidential Ballots
Appendix A: Data and Measures
Index
