Rural Voter - The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America

This pathbreaking book pinpoints forces behind the rise of the "rural voter"-a new political identity that combines a deeply felt sense of place with an increasingly nationalized set of concerns.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction: Two Americas
1. Who and What Is Rural America?
2. The Deep Roots of the Rural-Urban Divide (1776–1980)
3. Manufacturing the Myth of “Real America” (1980–Present)
4. Listening to Rural Americans
5. Down and Out in Rural America?
6. A Wasteland of Alienation?
7. Clinging to Their Guns and Religion?
8. Irredeemably Racist?
9. Radicalized by Fox?
10. Pulling It All Together: Finding the Rural Voter
11. Bridges Across the Rural-Urban Divide
Notes
Index

About the author

Nicholas F. Jacobs is assistant professor of government at Colby College. He is a coauthor of What Happened to the Vital Center? Presidentialism, Populist Revolt, and the Fracturing of America (2022).

Daniel M. Shea is professor of government at Colby College. His books include Why Vote? Essential Questions About the Future of Elections in America (2019).

Summary

This pathbreaking book pinpoints forces behind the rise of the “rural voter”—a new political identity that combines a deeply felt sense of place with an increasingly nationalized set of concerns.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas F. Jacobs, Nicholas F. Shea Jacobs, Daniel Shea, Daniel Jacobs Shea
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.2023
• EAN: 9780231211581
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21158-1
• No. of pages: 488
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Rural communities, United States of America, USA, Public Opinion & Polls, Public opinion and polls, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Opinion Polling, campaigns; history