National Identity and Partisan Polarization

ISBN-13: 9780197633946 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 256 str.

Eric M. Uslaner

Recenzje

At a time when researchers talk about a dispersed identity when borders are disappearing, and citizens try to belong to many, often difficult to define, places, Eric M. Uslaner's book National Identity and Partisan Polarization is indispensable reading. It shows the processes of redefining national identities and using political identities in political communication. Comparing the indicated approaches in different countries increases the book's value, showing the role of specific factors.

O autorze

Eric M. Uslaner is Professor Emeritus of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland-College Park. He the author of eleven books, including The Historical Roots of Corruption (2017), The Moral Foundations of Trust (2002), Corruption, Inequality, and the Rule of Law (2010), Segregation and Mistrust: Diversity, Isolation, and Social Cohesion (2012), and approximately 200 articles. He is the editor of The Oxford Handbook of Social and Political Trust (Oxford, 2018). He has been a consultant to the United Nations Human Development Fund and the Taihe Institute of Beijing, China. He is also a Research Associate for the Gallup Organization and the co-editor with Nils Holtug of National Identity and Social Cohesion (2021) and with Chong-Min Kim, Inequality and Democratic Politics in East Asia (2019).