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Merrill, Samuel, 1939-

How polarization begets polarization : ideological extremism in the US Congress / Samuel Merrill III, Bernard Grofman, and Thomas L. Brunell. - 1 online resource. - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .

Also issued in print: 2024.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This title explains the feedback loop that generates ever-increasing polarisation - the signature feature of contemporary American politics. This loop is powered by the discipline exerted by the respective political parties and their activists on both their Congressional members and their district candidates. The authors show that tight party discipline produces party delegations in Congress that are widely separated from one another but each ideologically concentrated - in a word, polarised.

Specialized.

ISBN: 9780197745267 No price

Standard No.: 10.1093/oso/9780197745229.001.0001 doi

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Congress.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Polarization (Social sciences)--History--United States--21st century.
Political parties--History--United States--21st century.
Right and left (Political science)--History--United States--21st century.
Radicalism--History--United States--21st century.
Opposition (Political science)--History--United States--21st century.
Society.
Society & culture: general.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Politics and government--21st century.

LC Class. No.: JK1726 / .M475 2024

Dewey Class. No.: 306.260973