Title Partisans and partners : the politics of the post-Keynesian society / Josh Pacewicz

Published Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource Contents Partisans and partners -- Keynesianism -- The old families -- The lions of labor -- Politics embedded in community governance: the community leadership party -- Neoliberalism -- The political construction of partnership -- Prairieville's business community in transition -- The Ben Denison campaign: how partners failed to colonize politics -- Neoliberalism (continued): politics disembedded from community -- Governance -- The activist party -- What regular people think -- How Obama won the heartland (thrice) -- Conclusion: the politics of the post-Keynesian society Summary There's no question that Americans are bitterly divided by politics. But in Partisans and Partners, Josh Pacewicz finds that our traditional understanding of red/blue, right/left, urban/rural division is too simplistic. Wheels-down in Iowa--that most important of primary states--Pacewicz looks to two cities, one traditionally Democratic, the other traditionally Republican, and finds that younger voters are rejecting older-timers' strict political affiliations. A paradox is emerging--as the dividing lines between America's political parties have sharpened, Americans are at the same time growing distrustful of traditional party politics in favor of becoming apolitical or embracing outside-the-beltway candidates. Pacewicz sees this change coming not from politicians and voters, but from the fundamental reorganization of the community institutions in which political parties have traditionally been rooted. Weaving together major themes in American political history--including globalization, the decline of organized labor, loss of locally owned industries, uneven economic development, and the emergence of grassroots populist movements--Partisans and Partners is a timely and comprehensive analysis of American politics as it happens on the ground Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 17, 2016) Subject Political parties -- United States. Keynesian economics. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General. Keynesian economics Political parties Politics and government SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140455 United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century Subject United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9780226402727 022640272X

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