Who Wants to Run?: How the Devaluing of Political Office Drives Polarization

by Andrew B. Hall

Book Overview

The growing ideological gulf between Democrats and Republicans is one of the biggest issues in American politics today. Our legislatures, composed of members from two sharply disagreeing parties, are struggling to function as the founders intended them to. If we want to reduce the ideological gulf in our legislatures, we must first understand what has caused it to widen so much over the past forty years.

Andrew B. Hall argues that we have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022660957X
• ISBN13: 9780226609577
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"