Politics of Cultural Differences
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Abuse of power
Activism
African Americans
Anti-capitalism
Anti-Catholicism
Anti-communism
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Class conflict
Cognitive miser
Communism
Conspiracy theory
Counterculture
Critique
Cultural conflict
Cultural imperialism
Cultural liberalism
Cultural pluralism
Cultural policy
Culture war
Cynicism (contemporary)
Dealignment
Defection
Disenchantment
Distrust
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Ethnic conflict
Foreign policy
Gender pay gap
Gender role
Identity politics
Ideology
Isolationism
Issue voting
Left-wing politics
Negative campaigning
Opposition Party
Oppositional culture
Partisan (political)
Party identification
Patriotism
Pessimism
Political agenda
Political campaign
Political corruption
Political machine
Political party
Political philosophy
Political strategy
Politician
Politics
Racial politics
Racial segregation
Racism
Radicalism (historical)
Realigning election
Relative deprivation
Religion
Religious persecution
Ridicule
Rogue state
Sexism
Social conflict
Social issue
Southern strategy
Subversion
Symbolic racism
Taboo
The Political Process
Two-party system
Voting
War
Wedge issue
Product details
- ISBN 9780691091532
- Weight: 425g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 01 Sep 2002
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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How did Republicans manage to hold the White House through much of the past half century even as the Democratic Party held the hearts of most American voters? The authors of this groundbreaking study argue that they did so by doing what Democrats have also excelled at: triggering psychological mechanisms that deepen cultural divisions in the other party's coalition, thereby leading many of its voters either to choose the opposing ticket or to stay home. The Politics of Cultural Differences is the first book to develop and carefully test a general theory of cultural politics in the United States, one that offers a compelling new perspective on America's changing political order and political conflict in the post-New Deal period (1960-1996). David Leege, Kenneth Wald, Brian Krueger, and Paul Mueller move beyond existing scholarship by formulating a theory of campaign strategies that emphasizes cultural conflict regarding patriotism, race, gender, and religion. Drawing on National Election Studies data, they find that Republican politicians deployed powerful symbols (e.g., "tax and spend liberals") to channel targeted voters toward the minority party.
And as partisanship approached parity in the 1990s, Democratic leaders proved as adept at deploying their own symbols, such as "a woman's right to choose," to disassemble the Republican coalition. A blend of sophisticated theory and advanced empirical tools, this book lays bare the cultural dimensions of American political life.
David C. Leege is Professor of Government and International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He is the principal author of "Rediscovering the Religious Factor in American Politics" and "Political Research Methods". Kenneth D. Wald is Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida and the author of three books, including "Crosses on the Ballot: Patterns of British Voter Alignment since 1885" (Princeton). Brian S. Krueger is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Rhode Island. Paul D. Mueller is completing his doctoral dissertation in political science at the University of Notre Dame.
