Kyle Harrison
to-read
Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics
- Author
- Marc J. Hetherington and Jonathan D. Weiler
- Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 234
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Hetherington and Weiler’s argument that American polarization sorted along an authoritarian/non-authoritarian axis, not just a left/right one — which is why the parties now disagree about temperament as much as policy.
Where I heard about it
- Prof. Mira (@mira_is_psyched) — in a BookTok video of political-psychology reading.
Connections
- Authoritarianism — the measured variable.
- Democracy — what the sorting does to it.