Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1 The Dangerous New Logic of American Politics 1
4. Part I Polarization in Historical Perspective
5. 2 Conflict and Faction in the Early Republic and Civil War Era 25
6. 3 Constrained Polarization at the Turn of the Century 48
7. Part II The Rise of Contemporary Polarization
8. 4 Triggers of a Nationalized Partisanship 71
9. 5 The Transformation of State Parties, Interest Groups, and Media 91
10. Part III The Crisis of the New American Constitutional Order
11. 6 Policy by Other Means 127
12. 7 Democracy in the Balance 157
13. 8 What’s Next 188
14. Acknowledgments 207
15. Notes 209
16. Index 255