Title American affective polarization in comparative perspective / Noam Gidron, James Adams, Will Horne.

Publication Info.	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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Description	85 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series	Cambridge elements. Elements in American politics
	Cambridge elements. Elements in American politics.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-85)
Contents	Introduction -- Affective polarization in comparative perspective : how does the American public compare? -- Explaining variations in affective polarization in the United States and abroad -- Conclusions.
Summary	American political observers express increasing concern about affective polarization, i.e., partisans' resentment toward political opponents. We advance debates about America's partisan divisions by comparing affective polarization in the US over the past 25 years with affective polarization in 19 other western publics. We conclude that American affective polarization is not extreme in comparative perspective, although Americans' dislike of partisan opponents has increased more rapidly since the mid-1990s than in most other Western publics. We then show that affective polarization is more intense when unemployment and inequality are high; when political elites clash over cultural issues such as immigration and national identity; and in countries with majoritarian electoral institutions. Our findings situate American partisan resentment and hostility in comparative perspective, and illuminate correlates of affective polarization that are difficult to detect when examining the American case in isolation.
Subject	Polarization (Social sciences) -- Political aspects -- United States.
	Polarization (Social sciences) -- Cross-cultural studies.
	Political culture -- United States.
	Right and left (Political science) -- United States.
	Political parties -- United States.
	United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
	Political culture. (OCoLC)fst01069263
	Polarization (Social sciences) (OCoLC)fst01068309
	Political parties. (OCoLC)fst01069410
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Right and left (Political science) (OCoLC)fst01097849
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	Since 1989
Genre/Form	Cross-cultural studies. (OCoLC)fst01423769
Added Author	Adams, James, 1962- author.
	Horne, Will, author.
Other Form:	Ebook version: Gidron, Noam. American affective polarization in comparative perspective. Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020 9781108906845 (OCoLC)1202852971
ISBN	9781108823449 (paperback)
	1108823440 (paperback)
	9781108906845 (electronic book)
	9781108914123 (PDF ebook)

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