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Radical American partisanship : mapping violent hostility, its causes, and the consequences for democracy / Nathan P. Kalmoe and Lilliana Mason

Author
Kalmoe, Nathan P.
Published
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2022.
Copyright Date
©2022
Physical Description
211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Additional Creators
Mason, Lilliana

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Contents
Recognizing partisan extremes -- Radical historical roots -- Radical partisan psychology -- Identifying radical partisans. The scope of radicalism -- Trends : stumbling toward a breakdown -- Who are the radical partisans? -- Radical behaviors and the impact of conditions and events. From radical views to aggressive behavior -- Historical precedents and reasons for violence -- Reactions to election losses and violent events -- Communicating radicalism. Words matter -- The future of radical partisanship : risks and opportunities.
Summary
"On January 6 we witnessed what many of us consider a failed insurrection at the US Capitol. But others think this was political violence in service of the preservation of our democracy. When did our political views become extreme? When did guns and violence become a feature of American politics? Nathan Kalmoe and Lily Mason have been researching the increase in radical partisanship in American politics and the associated increasing propensity to support or engage in violence through a series of surveys and survey experiments for several years. Kalmoe and Mason argue that many Americans have become increasingly radical in their identification with their political party and more inclined to view partisans of the other party negatively as people. Their reactions to opposing political views give little room for respect or compromise and make increasing numbers of Americans more likely to either participate in political violence or to view those who do so on behalf of their party favorably. They also find that radical partisans are more apt to be receptive to messages from radical political leaders and less receptive to conflicting information and views. Radical partisanship and political violence are not new to the United States. In most of the 20th century we experienced less radical partisanship, with measures of attitudes towards partisans of other parties that were not as extreme as we see now but this has not been the case throughout much of American history, as witness the fight over slavery that led to the Civil War as well as the violence associated with racism after the fall of reconstruction to the present day"--
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9780226820262 hardcover
0226820262 hardcover
9780226820286 paperback
0226820289 paperback
9780226820279 electronic book
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-203) and index.
Endowment Note
Steighton (Steve) A. Watts, Jr. Endowment
Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)
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