Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide - Tapa dura

Rodden, Jonathan

 
9781541644274: Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide
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ISBN 10: 1541644271 ISBN 13: 9781541644274
Editorial: Basic Books, 2019

Sinopsis

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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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.

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Editorial
Basic Books
Año de publicación
2019
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1541644271
ISBN 13 
9781541644274
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Número de páginas
313
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9781541644267: Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide

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