Our Common Bonds: Using What Americans Share to Help Bridge the Partisan Divide

by Matthew Levendusky

A compelling exploration of concrete strategies to reduce partisan animosity by building on what Democrats and Republicans have in common.

One of the defining features of twenty-first-century American politics is the rise of affective polarization: Americans increasingly not only disagree with those from the other party but distrust and dislike them as well. This has toxic downstream consequences for both politics and social relationships...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226824683
• ISBN13: 9780226824680
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"