The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization

by Peter T Coleman and Peter T. Coleman

Book Overview

The partisan divide in the United States has widened to a chasm. Legislators vote along party lines and rarely cross the aisle. Political polarization is personal, too--and it is making us miserable. Surveys show that Americans have become more fearful and hateful of supporters of the opposing political party and imagine that they hold much more extreme views than they actually do. We have cordoned ourselves off: we prefer to date and marry those...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231197403
• ISBN13: 9780231197403
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.4"