Could Climate Change be the Epitome of Partisanship?
Why the environment has been so conspicuously absent from this year's debates
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Partisanship
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Think Tanks Are Nonpartisan? Think Again
Once seen as non-ideological “universities without students,” the American think tank has, in many cases, become a partisan stalking horse that devalues the sector’s scholarship.
House Puts Transportation in Partisan Crossfire
Transportation used to be one of the few guaranteed areas of agreement when pragmatism trumped ideology in D.C. But that’s no longer the case.
Nixon’s Presidential Library: The Last Battle of Watergate
Who controls the Nixon Library? A dispute over how to tell the story of his presidency raises questions about the purpose, and legitimacy, of presidential libraries.
Political Polarization Grows as Job Security Falls
The tenor of the partisan kerfuffle over the debt ceiling may have its roots in declining job security, which has been declining steadily since the 1970s, argues political scientist Philipp Rehm.
To Reach Consensus, Let’s Talk Less
Talking out our differences on controversial scientific and technological issues may be just the wrong way to reach agreement, new research suggests.
Income Inequality Linked to Senate Standoffs
New research finds that as income inequality rises in a given state, the voting patterns of that state's senators become more polarized.
Mandatory Voting As a Cure for Extreme Partisanship?
If every adult American had to vote, perhaps the extremists on both ends of the spectrum could be shushed out by the silent majority.
Dismissing Gridlock: A Case for Parliamentary Systems
One system of democratic government is consistently better, say two political scientists, and it's not the one we have in the United States.
The Comforting Notion of an All-Powerful Enemy
New research supports the notion that we fixate on enemies, and inflate their power, as a defense mechanism against generalized anxiety.