Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide - Couverture rigide

Rodden, Jonathan A

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1541644271 ISBN 13 : 9781541644274

Editeur : Basic Books, 2019

Synopsis

A prizewinning political scientist traces the origins of urban-rural political conflict and shows how geography shapes elections in America and beyond

Why is it so much easier for the Democratic Party to win the national popular vote than to build and maintain a majority in Congress? Why can Democrats sweep statewide offices in places like Pennsylvania and Michigan yet fail to take control of the same states' legislatures? Many place exclusive blame on partisan gerrymandering and voter suppression. But as political scientist Jonathan A. Rodden demonstrates in Why Cities Lose, the left's electoral challenges have deeper roots in economic and political geography.

In the late nineteenth century, support for the left began to cluster in cities among the industrial working class. Today, left-wing parties have become coalitions of diverse urban interest groups, from racial minorities to the creative class. These parties win big in urban districts but struggle to capture the suburban and rural seats necessary for legislative majorities. A bold new interpretation of today's urban-rural political conflict, Why Cities Lose also points to electoral reforms that could address the left's under-representation while reducing urban-rural polarization.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jonathan A. Rodden is professor of political science and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and founder and director of the Stanford Spatial Social Science Lab. The author of the prizewinning Hamilton's Paradox, he lives in Stanford, California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1541644271
• ISBN 13: 9781541644274
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
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