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Laboratories against Democracy - How National Parties Transformed State Politics
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Laboratories against Democracy - How National Parties Transformed State Politics
Series: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives
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As national political fights are waged at the state level,
democracy itself pays the price Over the past generation, the
Democratic and Republican parties have each become nationally
coordinated political teams. American political institutions, on
the other hand, remain highly decentralized. Laboratories against
Democracy shows how national political conflicts are increasingly
flowing through the subnational institutions of state
politics—with profound consequences for public policy and
American democracy. Jacob Grumbach argues that as Congress has
become more gridlocked, national partisan and activist groups have
shifted their sights to the state level, nationalizing state
politics in the process and transforming state governments into the
engines of American policymaking. He shows how this has had the
ironic consequence of making policy more varied across the states
as red and blue party coalitions implement increasingly distinct
agendas in areas like health care, reproductive rights, and climate
change. The consequences don’t stop there, however. Drawing on a
wealth of new data on state policy, public opinion, money in
politics, and democratic performance, Grumbach traces how national
groups are using state governmental authority to suppress the vote,
gerrymander districts, and erode the very foundations of democracy
itself. Required reading for this precarious moment in our
politics, Laboratories against Democracy reveals how the pursuit of
national partisan agendas at the state level has intensified the
challenges facing American democracy, and asks whether today’s
state governments are mitigating the political crises of our
time—or accelerating them.
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Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives |
Release date: |
August 2023 |
First published: |
2022 |
Authors: |
Jacob M. Grumbach
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
288 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-21846-5 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-691-21846-3 |
Barcode: |
9780691218465 |
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