Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook361 pages4 hours
Neither Liberal nor Conservative: Ideological Innocence in the American Public
By Donald R. Kinder and Nathan P. Kalmoe
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
2.5/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
Congress is crippled by ideological conflict. The political parties are more polarized today than at any time since the Civil War. Americans disagree, fiercely, about just about everything, from terrorism and national security, to taxes and government spending, to immigration and gay marriage.
Well, American elites disagree fiercely. But average Americans do not. This, at least, was the position staked out by Philip Converse in his famous essay on belief systems, which drew on surveys carried out during the Eisenhower Era to conclude that most Americans were innocent of ideology. In Neither Liberal nor Conservative, Donald Kinder and
Nathan Kalmoe argue that ideological innocence applies nearly as well to the current state of American public opinion. Real liberals and real conservatives are found in impressive numbers only among those who are deeply engaged in political life. The ideological battles between American political elites show up as scattered skirmishes in the general public, if they show up at all.
If ideology is out of reach for all but a few who are deeply and seriously engaged in political life, how do Americans decide whom to elect president; whether affirmative action is good or bad? Kinder and Kalmoe offer a persuasive group-centered answer. Political preferences arise less from ideological differences than from the attachments and antagonisms of group life.
Well, American elites disagree fiercely. But average Americans do not. This, at least, was the position staked out by Philip Converse in his famous essay on belief systems, which drew on surveys carried out during the Eisenhower Era to conclude that most Americans were innocent of ideology. In Neither Liberal nor Conservative, Donald Kinder and
Nathan Kalmoe argue that ideological innocence applies nearly as well to the current state of American public opinion. Real liberals and real conservatives are found in impressive numbers only among those who are deeply engaged in political life. The ideological battles between American political elites show up as scattered skirmishes in the general public, if they show up at all.
If ideology is out of reach for all but a few who are deeply and seriously engaged in political life, how do Americans decide whom to elect president; whether affirmative action is good or bad? Kinder and Kalmoe offer a persuasive group-centered answer. Political preferences arise less from ideological differences than from the attachments and antagonisms of group life.
Unavailable
Read more from Donald R. Kinder
Neither Liberal nor Conservative: Ideological Innocence in the American Public Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5News That Matters: Television and American Opinion, Updated Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUs Against Them: Ethnocentric Foundations of American Opinion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Neither Liberal nor Conservative
Related ebooks
Follow the Leader?: How Voters Respond to Politicians' Policies and Performance Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Legislating in the Dark: Information and Power in the House of Representatives Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Partisan Media Polarize America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Populist Persuasion: An American History Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Post-Racial or Most-Racial?: Race and Politics in the Obama Era Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Increasingly United States: How and Why American Political Behavior Nationalized Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections That Shaped the Twentieth Century Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSteadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRadical American Partisanship: Mapping Violent Hostility, Its Causes, and the Consequences for Democracy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Reasoning Voter: Communication and Persuasion in Presidential Campaigns Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Politics of Belonging: Race, Public Opinion, and Immigration Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSouthern Nation: Congress and White Supremacy after Reconstruction Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDemocracy Betrayed: How Superdelegates, Redistricting, Party Insiders, and the Electoral College Rigged the 2016 Election Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMessengers of the Right: Conservative Media and the Transformation of American Politics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Arresting Citizenship: The Democratic Consequences of American Crime Control Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Partisan Sort: How Liberals Became Democrats and Conservatives Became Republicans Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age - Second Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWho Wants to Run?: How the Devaluing of Political Office Drives Polarization Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDividing Lines: The Politics of Immigration Control in America Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5American Amnesia: How the War on Government Led Us to Forget What Made America Prosper Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Social Media Politics: Using the Internet to Get Elected: Increasing Website Traffic Series, #6 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Delivering the People's Message: The Changing Politics of the Presidential Mandate Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTiming and Turnout: How Off-Cycle Elections Favor Organized Groups Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Demagogue's Playbook: The Battle for American Democracy from the Founders to Trump Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAffluence and Influence: Economic Inequality and Political Power in America Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Political Ideologies For You
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Capitalism and Freedom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A People's History of the United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The U.S. Constitution with The Declaration of Independence and The Articles of Confederation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Reset: And the War for the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mein Kampf: English Translation of Mein Kamphf - Mein Kampt - Mein Kamphf Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Get Trump: The Threat to Civil Liberties, Due Process, and Our Constitutional Rule of Law Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Gulag Archipelago: The Authorized Abridgement Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The January 6th Report Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Communist Manifesto: Original Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Why We're Polarized Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Quest for Cosmic Justice Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Call Them by Their True Names: American Crises (and Essays) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class Is Bringing America to the Brink of Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Great Awakening: Defeating the Globalists and Launching the Next Great Renaissance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Allow Me to Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide to the Constitution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Neither Liberal nor Conservative
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
2.5/5
2 ratings0 reviews