Part I. Why Might Polarization Harm Democracy? Theory and Comparison; 1. How Democracies Endure: The Challenges of Polarization and Resilience Robert C. Lieberman, Suzanne Mettler, and Kenneth M. Roberts; 2. Polarization and the Durability of Madisonian Checks and Balances: A Developmental Analysis Paul Pierson and Eric Schickler; 3. Pernicious Polarization and Democratic Resilience: Analyzing the United States in Comparative Perspective Jennifer McCoy and Murat Somer; Part II. Political Institutions in Polarized Times; 4. Cross-Cutting Cleavages, Political Institutions, and Democratic Resilience in the US Frances E. Lee; 5. Unilateralism Unleashed? Polarization and the Politics of Executive Action Douglas L. Kriner; 6. Court-Packing and Democratic Erosion Thomas M. Keck; Part III. Social Polarization and Partisanship; 7. The Social Roots, Risks, and Rewards of Mass Polarization Lilliana Mason and Nathan P. Kalmoe; 8. The Great White Hope: Threat and Racial Resilience in the Age of Trump Christopher Sebastian Parker and Matt A. Barreto; 9. The Religious Sort: The Causes and Consequences of the Religiosity Gap in America Michele F. Margolis; 10. Weaponized Group Identities and the Health of Democracy: Why the National Rifle Association is Good at Democracy but Bad for It Matthew J. Lacombe; Part IV. Vicious Circles? The Relationship Between Polarized Behavior and Institutions; 11. Polarization, the Administrative State, and Executive-Centered Partisanship Desmond King and Sidney Milkis; 12. Laboratories of What? American Federalism and the Politics of Democratic Subversion Philip Rocco; 13. Conservative Extra-Party Coalitions and Statehouse Democracy Alexander Hertel-Fernandez; Part V. Can Political Action Save Democracy in Polarized Times? 14. Elections, Polarization, and Democratic Resilience David A. Bateman; 15. Citizen Mobilization and Partisan Polarizations from the Tea Party to the Anti-Trump Resistance Theda Skocpol, Caroline Tervo, and Kirsten Walters.
This book examines how polarization threatens democracy and the sources of political and institutional resilience that can help sustain it.
Robert C. Lieberman is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. He is a scholar of American political development, race and politics, public policy, and democracy and the author of several prize-winning books, including Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy (2020), co-authored with Suzanne Mettler. Suzanne Mettler is the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions in the Government Department at Cornell University. Her research and teaching interests include American political development, inequality, public policy, political behavior, and democracy. She is the author of six books, including Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy (2020), co-authored with Robert C. Lieberman. Kenneth M. Roberts is the Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government at Cornell University. His research explores democratic representation and its defects, including the study of parties, populism and social movements from a comparative perspective. He is the author of Changing Course in Latin America: Party Systems in the Neoliberal Era.
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