What happened to the vital center? : presidentialism, populist revolt, and the fracturing of America / Nicholas F. Jacobs and Sidney M. Milkis.
Contributor(s): Milkis, Sidney M [author.]
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197603550 (ebook) :Subject(s): Political parties -- United States | Executive power -- United States | Polarization (Social sciences) -- United StatesAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197603512DDC classification: 324.273 LOC classification: JK2261Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This title demonstrates that American politics has become so rancorous because it has been unable to heal wounds opened up by Sixties-era protest and institutional change. While many scholars suggest that the answer to our current predicament is greater presidential power, this work shows that doubling down on the myth of transcendent presidential leadership is likely to exacerbate, not heal, our wounds. Instead, the authors recommend that a reconstituted party system may once again permit political leaders to prevent the worst excesses to democracy that now routinely roil the country.
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Also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This title demonstrates that American politics has become so rancorous because it has been unable to heal wounds opened up by Sixties-era protest and institutional change. While many scholars suggest that the answer to our current predicament is greater presidential power, this work shows that doubling down on the myth of transcendent presidential leadership is likely to exacerbate, not heal, our wounds. Instead, the authors recommend that a reconstituted party system may once again permit political leaders to prevent the worst excesses to democracy that now routinely roil the country.
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