Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide
Autor Jonathan A. Roddenen Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 iun 2019
Why is it so much easier for the Democratic Party to win the national popular vote than to build and maintain a majority in Congress? Why can Democrats sweep statewide offices in places like Pennsylvania and Michigan yet fail to take control of the same states' legislatures? Many place exclusive blame on partisan gerrymandering and voter suppression. But as political scientist Jonathan A. Rodden demonstrates inWhy Cities Lose, the Left's electoral challenges have deeper roots in economic and political geography.
In the late nineteenth century, support for the Left began to cluster in cities among the industrial working class. Today, left-wing parties have become coalitions of diverse urban interest groups, from racial minorities to the creative class. These parties win big in urban districts but struggle to capture the suburban and rural seats necessary for legislative majorities. A bold new interpretation of today's urban-rural political conflict,Why Cities Losealso points to electoral reforms that could address the Left's under-representation while reducing urban-rural polarization.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781541644274
ISBN-10: 1541644271
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 161 x 243 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
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ISBN-10: 1541644271
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 161 x 243 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Basic Books
Notă biografică
Jonathan
A.
Roddenis
professor
of
political
science
and
a
senior
fellow
at
the
Hoover
Institution
at
Stanford
University,
and
founder
and
director
of
the
Stanford
Spatial
Social
Science
Lab.
The
author
of
the
prizewinningHamilton's
Paradox,
he
lives
in
Stanford,
California.
Recenzii
"The
biggest
problem
facing
America
today
is
political
polarization:
Democrats
command
the
superstar
cities
and
tech
hubs
that
drive
the
knowledge
economy,
while
Republicans
have
a
stronghold
in
suburban
places
and
rural
areas.
In
this
important
book,
Jonathan
A.
Rodden
draws
on
a
trove
of
data
spanning
the
twentieth
century
to
show
us
in
painstaking
detail
why
cities
continue
to
lose
out
to
rural
and
suburban
interests,
and
what
challenges
this
poses
for
our
democracy."—Richard
Florida,
author
ofThe
Rise
of
the
Creative
ClassandThe
New
Urban
Crisis
"This important book, which should reset our understanding of polarization in America and around the world, will comfort neither those on the left who see themselves as the vanguard of a victorious electoral future, nor those on the right who believe that voters are fundamentally conservative."—Andrew Gelman, author ofRed State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State
"This important book, which should reset our understanding of polarization in America and around the world, will comfort neither those on the left who see themselves as the vanguard of a victorious electoral future, nor those on the right who believe that voters are fundamentally conservative."—Andrew Gelman, author ofRed State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State