{"product_id":"neither-liberal-nor-conservative-donald-r-kinder-9780226452456","title":"Neither Liberal Nor Conservative: Ideological Innocence in the American Public","description":"Congress is crippled by ideological conflict. The political parties are more polarized today than at any time since the Civil War. Americans disagree, fiercely, about just about everything, from terrorism and national security, to taxes and government spending, to immigration and gay marriage. \u003cbr\u003e Well, American \u003ci\u003eelites\u003c\/i\u003e disagree fiercely. But average Americans do not. This, at least, was the position staked out by Philip Converse in his famous essay on belief systems, which drew on surveys carried out during the Eisenhower Era to conclude that most Americans were innocent of ideology. In \u003ci\u003eNeither Liberal nor Conservative\u003c\/i\u003e, Donald Kinder and \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nathan Kalmoe argue that ideological innocence applies nearly as well to the current state of American public opinion. Real liberals and real conservatives are found in impressive numbers only among those who are deeply engaged in political life. The ideological battles between American political elites show up as scattered skirmishes in the general public, if they show up at all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If ideology is out of reach for all but a few who are deeply and seriously engaged in political life, how do Americans decide whom to elect president; whether affirmative action is good or bad? Kinder and Kalmoe offer a persuasive group-centered answer. Political preferences arise less from ideological differences than from the attachments and antagonisms of group life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Donald R. Kinder, Nathan P. Kalmoe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022645245X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226452456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/24\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2018","brand":"Donald R. Kinder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946341335295,"sku":"9780226452456","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e7574809-bbec-4347-ad41-49eff3a56ad0.jpg?v=1681512606","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/neither-liberal-nor-conservative-donald-r-kinder-9780226452456","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}