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We have never been woke
The cultural contradictions of a new elite
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The election, the elite, and the roots of our dysfunction
Highly educated Americans are arguing over abstractions, shaping the culture - and alienating non-graduates. Two major new books explain.
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David Dagan
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The declining leverage and status of ordinary people
When the elite was tiny and manual labor drove the economy, working-class life felt different.
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Brink Lindsey
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How elite competition turns into culture war
In his 1976 The Coming of Post-industrial Society, sociologist Daniel Bell highlighted how changes to the global economy were leading to the emergence…
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Musa al-Gharbi
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The rise of the caps and gowns
How education is transforming culture and culture is transforming politics
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David A. Hopkins
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Matt Grossmann
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Electoral reform must strengthen parties, not sideline them
We know because today's reformers have two advantages their predecessors did not: hindsight and data.
Oct 23
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Jennifer Dresden
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Electoral reform must strengthen parties, not sideline them
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How the presidential transition replaced the smoke-filled room
Parties hammer out internal differences in the shadow of one personality.
Oct 18
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Heath Brown
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September 2024
Partisans without parties
A forum on our partisan paradox - and how to escape it.
Sep 25
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David Dagan
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Moderation is not just an elite project
National policy solutions must be planted in local partisan soils.
Sep 25
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Daniel Schlozman
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Sam Rosenfeld
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Did the parties decide in 2024?
It’s been a remarkable summer not only in electoral history but also for the trajectory of American political parties, and it’s worth taking a moment to…
Sep 25
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Seth Masket
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Fence off the parties, and start in the states
Discussions about political parties lack talk about boundaries. What is the core of a political party? And why should we care? Julia Azari and others…
Sep 25
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Ray LaRaja
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Race divides the parties internally, too
Four years ago, as we headed into the last stretch of the 2020 election, the “racial reckoning” unfurled after the murder of George Floyd.
Sep 25
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Julia Azari
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Race divides the parties internally, too
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