Authoritarianism and the contemporary political divide in American politics
By: Marc J. Hetherington, Jonathan Weiler.
Contributors: Weiler, Jonathan Daniel, 1965-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780521884334; 9780521711241
Subjects: Authoritarianism -- United States; Right and left (Political science) -- Case studies; Polarization (Social sciences) -- Case studies; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Spanking or time out : a clash of worldviews?; title: Putting polarization in perspective; title: Authoritarianism and non-authoritarianism : concepts and measures; title: Historical account of the roots of worldview evolution; title: How authoritarianism structures contemporary issues; title: Threat and authoritarianism : polarization or convergence; title: Evidence of worldview evolution; title: Immigration : a reinforcing cleavage that constrains the GOP; title: What the 2008 democratic nomination struggle reveals about party polarization; title: A somewhat different take on polarization.