Compromise in an age of party polarization / Jennifer Wolak.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2020Description: 1 online resource (240 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197510537 (ebook) :Subject(s): Political ethics -- United States
| Compromise (Ethics) -- Political aspects -- United States | Polarization (Social sciences) -- Political aspects -- United States | Opposition (Political science) -- United States | Divided government -- United States | Political culture -- United States | United States. Congress -- Rules and practice | United States -- Politics and government -- Public opinionAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197510490DDC classification: 306.20973 LOC classification: JK468.E7 | W65 2020Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: Congressional debates are increasingly defined by gridlock and stalemate, with partisan showdowns that lead to government shutdowns. Compromise in Congress seems hard to reach. But do politicians deserve all the blame? Legislators who resist concessions and stand firm to their convictions might be doing just what voters want them to do. If this is true, however, then citizens must shoulder some of the responsibility for gridlock in Congress. This book challenges this wisdom and argues that Americans value compromise as a way to resolve differences in times of partisan division. Using evidence from a variety of surveys and innovative experiments, the book demonstrates that citizens want more from politics than just ideological representation - they also care about the processes by which disagreements are settled.
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Also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Congressional debates are increasingly defined by gridlock and stalemate, with partisan showdowns that lead to government shutdowns. Compromise in Congress seems hard to reach. But do politicians deserve all the blame? Legislators who resist concessions and stand firm to their convictions might be doing just what voters want them to do. If this is true, however, then citizens must shoulder some of the responsibility for gridlock in Congress. This book challenges this wisdom and argues that Americans value compromise as a way to resolve differences in times of partisan division. Using evidence from a variety of surveys and innovative experiments, the book demonstrates that citizens want more from politics than just ideological representation - they also care about the processes by which disagreements are settled.
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