Beyond Red and Blue
How Twelve Political Philosophies Shape American Debates
$54.07
- Paperback
392 pages
- Release Date
10 February 2012
Summary
Why Americans do not divide neatly into red and blue or right and left but form coalitions across party lines on hot-button issues ranging from immigration to same-sex marriage.On any given night cable TV news will tell us how polarized American politics is- Republicans are from Mars, Democrats are from Canada. But in fact, writes Peter Wenz in Beyond Red and Blue, Americans do not divide neatly into two ideological camps of red/blue, Republican/Democrat, right/left. In real life, as Wenz sho…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262517560 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262517566 |
| Author: | Peter S. Wenz |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 392 |
| Release Date: | 10 February 2012 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Beyond Red and Blue |
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“The competing voices in the American political arena are given their due in thisnuanced tour of some of the most chewed-over issues of the day.” Publishers Weekly
… Beyond Red and Blue should be considered a primary resource towards taking your seat as an informed citizen.
– George Russell * PopMatters *The competing voices in the American political arena are given their due in this nuanced tour of some of the most chewed-over issues of the day.
* Publishers Weekly *About The Author
Peter S. Wenz
Peter S. Wenz is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Illinois at Springfield and University Scholar at the University of Illinois. He is the author of Beyond Red and Blue- How Twelve Political Philosophies Shape American Debates (MIT Press) and other books.
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