Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity

by Lilliana Mason

Book Overview

Political polarization in America is at an all-time high, and the conflict has moved beyond disagreements about matters of policy. For the first time in more than twenty years, research has shown that members of both parties hold strongly unfavorable views of their opponents. This is polarization rooted in social identity, and it is growing. The campaign and election of Donald Trump laid bare this fact of the American electorate, its successful rhetoric...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022652454X
• ISBN13: 9780226524542
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"