Shea / Jacobs The Rural Voter

The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-0-231-55898-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 488 Seiten

This pathbreaking book pinpoints forces behind the rise of the “rural voter”—a new political identity that combines a deeply felt sense of place with an increasingly nationalized set of concerns.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shea, Daniel

Jacobs, Nicholas F.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Introduction: Two Americas
1. Who and What Is Rural America?
2. The Deep Roots of the Rural-Urban Divide (1776–1980)
3. Manufacturing the Myth of “Real America” (1980–Present)
4. Listening to Rural Americans
5. Down and Out in Rural America?
6. A Wasteland of Alienation?
7. Clinging to Their Guns and Religion?
8. Irredeemably Racist?
9. Radicalized by Fox?
10. Pulling It All Together: Finding the Rural Voter
11. Bridges Across the Rural-Urban Divide
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Nicholas F. Jacobs is assistant professor of government at Colby College. He is a coauthor of What Happened to the Vital Center? Presidentialism, Populist Revolt, and the Fracturing of America (2022).

Daniel M. Shea is professor and chair of government at Colby College. His books include Why Vote? Essential Questions About the Future of Elections in America (2019).