Life in the Middle: Marginalized Moderate Senators in the Era of Polarization

by Neilan S. Chaturvedi

Book Overview

A long-held belief of political scientists is that moderate voices in the Senate act as power brokers between the ideological poles, yet year after year we see partisan gridlock in Congress. Some even argue that the shrinking number of moderates only increases their political influence.

In Life in the Middle, Neilan S. Chaturvedi argues that the belief in the powerful, pivotal moderate neglects their electoral circumstances and overestimates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197599737
• ISBN13: 9780197599730
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.6"