The State of Disunion: Regional Sources of Modern American Partisanship

by Nicole Mellow

Book Overview

Why are some eras of American politics characterized by broad, bipartisan harmony and others by rancorous partisanship? In The State of Disunion, Nicole Mellow argues that these oscillations are a product of how the two major parties respond, or fail to respond, to the demands of regional constituents. While scholars have long believed that in the twentieth century the nation supplanted regions as the engine of American politics, Mellow...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801888166
• ISBN13: 9780801888168
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher