[EL] Book on Solutions to Polarization

[Nate Persily]

I am pleased to announce the publication of   Solutions to Political Polarization -- a volume I edited for Cambridge University Press.  A table of contents appears below.  Assuming you do not want to wait for the movie, you can purchase it at either of the following
links:
http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/american-government-politics-and-policy/solutions-political-polarization-america
http://www.amazon.com/Solutions-Political-Polarization-America-Nathaniel/dp/1107451914/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1430776
503&sr=8-1&keywords=persily
Introductory Chapters
1 Introduction  
Nathaniel Persily
2 Causes and Consequences of Polarization
Michael J. Barber and Nolan McCarty
3 Confronting Asymmetric Polarization
Jacob S. Hacker and Paul
Pierson
 
Reforming the Electoral System
4 Polarization and Democratization
Arend Lijphart
5 Eroding the Electoral Foundations of Partisan Polarization
Gary C. Jacobson
6 Solutions to Polarization
Elaine C. Kamarck
7 Geography and Gridlock
in the United States
Jonathan Rodden
 
Strengthening Parties
8 Stronger Parties as a Solution to Polarization
Nathaniel Persily
9 Reducing Polarization by Making Parties Stronger
Nolan McCarty
10 Focus on Political Fragmentation, Not Polarization:
Re-Empower Party Leadership
Richard H. Pildes
11 Two Approaches to Lessening the Effects of Partisanship
Bruce Cain
 
Empowering and Informing Moderate Voters
12 Data Science for the People
Adam Bonica
13 Using Mobilization, Media, and Motivation
to Curb Political Polarization
Markus Prior and Natalie Jomini Stroud
 
Lowering Barriers to Policy Making
14 Beyond Confrontation and Gridlock: Making Democracy Work for the American People
Alan I. Abramowitz
15 American Political Parties: Exceptional No
More
David Karol
16 Partisan Polarization and the Senate Syndrome
Steven S. Smith
17 Finding the Center: Empowering the Latent Majority
Russell Muirhead
18 Making Deals in Congress
Sarah A. Binder and Frances E. Lee
19 Helping Congress
Negotiate
Jane Mansbridge
20 Staying Private
George C. Edwards III
 
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Nathaniel Persily

James B. McClatchy Professor of Law

Stanford Law School

Stanford, CA 94305-8610

(917) 570-3223

nate at persily.com

www.persily.com
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