Bipartisanship In A Polarized Age
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| Author | : Jordan Tama |
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| Total Pages | : 24 |
| Release | : 2014 |
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Rising partisanship and ideological polarization are defining features of contemporary American politics, but relatively little attention has been given to how this growing polarization and partisanship are affecting U.S. foreign policy making. I argue that foreign policy bipartisanship still occurs with some frequency because many foreign policy issues do not break down along partisan ideological lines, and lawmakers of both parties tend to see the world differently than the president. I apply my argument to the issue of foreign policy sanctions - an issue on which Congressional Republicans and Democrats often favor highly punitive measures that are resisted by the president. My analysis of three recent major U.S. sanctions debates shows that bipartisan majorities in Congress have driven the enactment of strict human rights and nonproliferation sanctions concerning Russia and Iran, and have nearly succeeded in sanctioning China for its currency policies - even though the president has resisted these laws and bills in whole or in significant part. The analysis demonstrates that foreign policy bipartisanship remains alive; that Congress remains capable of challenging the president successfully on important foreign policy issues; and that congressional activism on sanctions issues is motivated not only by interest group pressure, but also by ideational differences in the foreign policy approaches of lawmakers and the president.
| Author | : Jordan Tama |
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| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2024 |
| Genre | : Coalitions |
| ISBN | : 9780197745694 |
"Bipartisanship and US Foreign Policy shows that, even as polarization in American politics reaches new heights, Democrats and Republicans in Washington continue to cooperate on many international issues. A close look at congressional voting patterns and major foreign policy debates of recent years - including over military intervention, the use of economic sanctions, international trade, and foreign policy spending - reveals that bipartisanship remains surprisingly common when elected officials turn their attention overseas. Yet bipartisanship today rarely involves unity in Washington. Instead, bipartisan coalitions often coexist with intra-party divisions or disagreement between Congress and the president, making it difficult for the United States to speak with one voice on the global stage. In short, the politics of contemporary U.S. foreign policy are more nuanced than either headlines highlighting extreme polarization or truisms suggesting that politics stops at the water's edge would suggest. Drawing on new data and interviews of more than 100 US foreign policy practitioners, the book highlights key factors that influence political alignments among elected officials and provides takeaways for efforts to foster more bipartisanship on important foreign policy challenges"--
| Author | : Russell Muirhead |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 332 |
| Release | : 2014-09-08 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 0674745248 |
At the root of America’s broken politics is hyperbolic partisanship. It distorts perceptions, inflames disagreements, and poisons the democratic process. Citizens pine for a time when liberals and conservatives compromised with one another—or they yearn for a post-partisan future when the common good trumps ideology and self-interest. Russell Muirhead argues that better partisanship, not less partisanship, is the solution to America’s political predicament. Instead of striving to overcome our differences, we should learn how to engage them. The political conflicts that provide fodder for cable news shows are not simply manufactured from thin air. However sensationalized they become in the retelling, they originate in authentic disagreements over what constitutes the common welfare. Republicans vest responsibility in each citizen for dealing with bad decisions and bad luck, and want every individual and family to enjoy the benefits of good decisions and good luck. Democrats ask citizens to stand together to insure one another against the worst consequences of misfortune or poor judgment, and especially to insure children against some of the consequences of their parents’ bad decisions or lack of opportunities. These are fundamental differences that fantasies of bipartisan consensus cannot dissolve. Disagreement without parties is disempowering, Muirhead says. The remedy is not for citizens and elected officials to learn to “just get along” but for them to bring a skeptical sensibility even to their own convictions, and to learn to disagree as partisans and govern through compromise despite those disagreements.
| Author | : Dario Moreno |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 198 |
| Release | : 2020-10-26 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1000216535 |
A Divided Union delves deep into ten pressing political challenges that former US Representatives Patrick Murphy (D) and David Jolly (R) have identified over their multiple terms in Congress and that continue to plague the American electorate today. In an introduction describing their unique paths to Congress, Murphy and Jolly focus in detail on key institutional barriers they faced in Washington in attempting to do the job voters elected them to do. They introduce us to geographic challenges, demographic change, a polarized media, gerrymandering, the role of money in politics, the structure of primary elections, and several other aspects of political life on Capitol Hill. The core of the book is original analysis by experts who tackle these topics in a manner relevant to both the seasoned political science student as well as the general reader. From the commercials we see on TV to the city council districts in which we live, these concerns shape every facet of our public lives and are distilled here in a careful synthesis of years of experience and research. Contributors include former federal elected officials, political science professors, members of the press, and scholars immersed in their fields of study. While other textbooks may examine similar issues, few have been edited by former members of the U.S. House who have walked the halls of Congress and directly experienced political dysfunction at so many levels – and are willing to address it. A Divided Union is appropriate for all political science students as well as the general public frustrated and alarmed by political gridlock.
| Author | : Ezra Klein |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2020-01-28 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1476700397 |
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2022 One of Bill Gates’s “5 books to read this summer,” this New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller shows us that America’s political system isn’t broken. The truth is scarier: it’s working exactly as designed. In this “superbly researched” (The Washington Post) and timely book, journalist Ezra Klein reveals how that system is polarizing us—and how we are polarizing it—with disastrous results. “The American political system—which includes everyone from voters to journalists to the president—is full of rational actors making rational decisions given the incentives they face,” writes political analyst Ezra Klein. “We are a collection of functional parts whose efforts combine into a dysfunctional whole.” “A thoughtful, clear and persuasive analysis” (The New York Times Book Review), Why We’re Polarized reveals the structural and psychological forces behind America’s descent into division and dysfunction. Neither a polemic nor a lament, this book offers a clear framework for understanding everything from Trump’s rise to the Democratic Party’s leftward shift to the politicization of everyday culture. America is polarized, first and foremost, by identity. Everyone engaged in American politics is engaged, at some level, in identity politics. Over the past fifty years in America, our partisan identities have merged with our racial, religious, geographic, ideological, and cultural identities. These merged identities have attained a weight that is breaking much in our politics and tearing at the bonds that hold this country together. Klein shows how and why American politics polarized around identity in the 20th century, and what that polarization did to the way we see the world and one another. And he traces the feedback loops between polarized political identities and polarized political institutions that are driving our system toward crisis. “Well worth reading” (New York magazine), this is an “eye-opening” (O, The Oprah Magazine) book that will change how you look at politics—and perhaps at yourself.
| Author | : Laurel McChesney Harbridge |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 408 |
| Release | : 2009 |
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| Author | : John Vliet Lindsay |
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| Total Pages | : 11 |
| Release | : 1985 |
| Genre | : Right and left (Political science) |
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| Author | : Pendhamma Sindhusen |
| Publisher | : Independently Published |
| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 2021-05-08 |
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It goes without saying that tension and division run deep in the present American political landscape. As much as one desperately yearns for bipartisanship and solidarity in the face of immense challenges threatening the United States both domestically and globally, both sides are almost disconnected from one another, ingrained with resentment against those with contrasting ideologies, and adamant to the idea of cooperation.This state of polarization and divide is, of course, counterproductive and detrimental to the country, as anyone can figure. It has dominated the country's ambience for years, and it is unfortunately likely to become more extreme in the approaching time. Many are understandably exasperated and dismayed at the outlook of this, and they rightly call for an end to it. However, no chatter, encouragement for change or expression of disapproval has ever translated into meaningful action thus far. Politicians, pundits, and influencers of all stripes have been condemning disharmony and partisan gridlock in Washington for decades, yet these problems persist. This begs a query as to whether we truly comprehend them and their roots. Throughout this riveting account, the United States' political history is intensively investigated as we delve together into every aspect there is to grasp about what has led to the current polarization and divide, and laid out as succinctly as possible. When all the pages are turned, hopefully something meaningful will be noted and play a contributive role towards the goal of healing this polarization and bridging this divide.
| Author | : Bipartisan Policy Center. Commission on Political Reform |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 117 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : Divided government |
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"The Bipartisan Policy Center launched the Commission on Political Reform in 2013 to investigate the causes and consequences of America's partisan political divide and to advocate for specific reforms that will improve the political process and that will work in a polarized atmosphere. The commission met at public and private institutions across the country to hear from interested citizens, political leaders, and issue experts about the problems and potential solutions. It is clear that Americans are concerned about the lack of civil discourse and the increasing inability of the U.S. political system to grapple with the nation's biggest challenges. These shortcomings put the nation at risk of losing its standing in the world. This report, 'Governing in a Polarized America: A Bipartisan Blueprint to Strengthen our Democracy', is the culmination of the commission's public and private deliberations"--Page 7.
| Author | : Pendhamma Sindhusen |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 166 |
| Release | : 2021-04-06 |
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It goes without saying that tension and division run deep in the present American political landscape. As much as one desperately yearns for bipartisanship and solidarity in the face of immense challenges threatening the United States both domestically and globally, both sides are almost disconnected to one another, ingrained with resentment against those with contrasting ideologies, and adamant to the idea of cooperation.This state of polarization and divide is, of course, counterproductive and detrimental to the country, as anyone can figure. It has dominated the country's ambience for years, and it is unfortunately likely to become more extreme in the approaching time. Many are understandably exasperated and dismayed at the outlook of this, and they rightly call for an end to it. However, no chatter, encouragement for change or expression of disapproval has ever translated into meaningful action thus far. Politicians, pundits, and influencers of all stripes have been condemning disharmony and partisan gridlock in Washington for decades, yet these problems persist. This begs a query as to whether we truly comprehend them and their roots. Throughout this riveting account, the United States' political history is intensively investigated as we delve together into every aspect there is to grasp about what has led to the current polarization and divide, and laid out as succinctly as possible. When all the pages are turned, hopefully something meaningful will be noted and play a contributive role towards the goal of healing this polarization and bridging this divide.
