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INDEPENDENT POLITICS
HOW AMERICAN DISDAIN FOR PARTIES LEADS TO POLITICAL INACTION |
| By: |
Samara Klar, Yanna Krupnikov |
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Hardback |
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£79.99 |
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£71.99 |
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£8.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1107134463 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781107134461 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
21 January, 2016 |
| Pages: |
272 |
| Description: |
This book analyzes why combative politics stigmatizes Democrats and Republicans, thus Americans avoid political actions that could identify them as partisans. |
| Synopsis: |
The number of independent voters in America increases each year, yet they remain misunderstood by both media and academics. Media describe independents as pivotal for electoral outcomes. Political scientists conclude that independents are merely 'undercover partisans': people who secretly hold partisan beliefs and are thus politically inconsequential. Both the pundits and the political scientists are wrong, argue the authors. They show that many Americans are becoming embarrassed of their political party. They deny to pollsters, party activists, friends, and even themselves, their true partisanship, instead choosing to go 'undercover' as independents. Independent Politics demonstrates that people intentionally mask their partisan preferences in social situations. Most importantly, breaking with decades of previous research, it argues that independents are highly politically consequential. The same motivations that lead people to identify as independent also diminish their willingness to engage in the types of political action that sustain the grassroots movements of American politics. |
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31 b/w illus. 10 tables |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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Returnable |
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