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America's National Identity
American democratic order
American Democratic Theory
American Political Community
American Political Experience
American Political Practice
American working-class politics
America’s National Identity
Anti-immigrant Political Parties
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Big City Machines
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Civic Education
Common Language
comparative politics
Consensus Thesis
democratic stability
democratic theory
Domestic Political Violence
Empirical Democratic Theory
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ethnic conflict
ethnic diversity impact on democracy
Ethnic Heterogeneity
ethnic pluralism
Good Liberals
Harvard Encyclo Pedia
Heightening Border Security
Immigrant Patriotism
Laotian immigrants
Laotian Refugees
Laotians
Liberal Political Consensus
LPDR
migration policy analysis
minority political participation
political integration research
Stable Democracy
Vice Versa
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780367283698
- Weight: 640g
- Dimensions: 148 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 27 Sep 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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As an ethnically heterogeneous but stable democracy, the United States is a puzzle for students of politics. Typically, the literature of democratic theory regards ethnic diversity as disruptive of a democratic polity. Politics in the Lifeboat argues that the secret to America’s success lies in the immigrant origins of its population. The author contends that, far from being disruptive, immigrants have been an essential part of the relatively stable American democratic order.
John C. Harles is associate professor of political science at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania.
