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Segregation and Mistrust

Diversity, Isolation, and Social Cohesion

By: Eric M. Uslaner

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Segregation and Mistrust

Diversity, Isolation, and Social Cohesion

By: Eric M. Uslaner

By examining social networks in North America, Europe and Australia, this book argues segregation, not diversity reduces trust between people.

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Cambridge University Press

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052119315X

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National Identity and Partisan Polarization

By: Eric M. Uslaner

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National Identity and Partisan Polarization

By: Eric M. Uslaner

National Identity Identity and Partisan Polarization examines how national identity has become a central issue in political and social life across the world. Questions of identity--who should be counted as a "true member" of a society and who deserves assistance from the government--have displaced other social and economic issues across nations in many countries. This study considers the role of identity theoretically and in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, Israel, and Taiwan. Identity varies over time and over countries. Some such as Sweden have a more "inclusive" sense of identity--one does not need to be born in the country or have ancestry to be considered a "true Swede." Other countries, such as Austria, France, Hungary, Poland, Israel, and Taiwan, have a more "exclusive" notion of identity--where one was born and a common heritage (race, religion, ethnicity) are seen as essential for seeing others as "true" members of society. "Outsiders" are viewed negatively, often as threatening a national culture and not deserving of government assistance. In the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, the major political parties take opposing positions on identity. In the United States and the United Kingdom, issues of identity have become highly correlated (polarized) with social and economic issues. In the former Communist countries of Hungary and Poland, the dominant parties have taken nationalist positions on identity but favor generous welfare policies for people of their own background. In Israel and Taiwan, social and economic issues have become less important than nationalism.

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Oxford University Press

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0197633943

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The Movers and the Shirkers

Representatives and Ideologues in the Senate

By: Eric M. Uslaner

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The Movers and the Shirkers

Representatives and Ideologues in the Senate

By: Eric M. Uslaner

How legislators pursue their policy agenda and represent their constituents

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University of Michigan Press

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047208870X

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9780472088706

The Decline of Comity in Congress

By: Eric M. Uslaner

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The Decline of Comity in Congress

By: Eric M. Uslaner

What is the nature of representation? Why do some legislators pursue their own policy agendas while others only vote according to the wishes of a majority in their district? In The Movers and the Shirkers, Eric M. Uslaner sheds new light on these intriguing questions. Uslaner demonstrates that current notions of representation are too narrow and that members of Congress pursue their own policy agendas as well as represent their constituents' interests. Uslaner explains that most senators do not choose between their ideal policies or their constituency preferences because voters usually elect public officials who are in tune with their beliefs. Moreover, because the constituency is a complex group, some of whom are more critical to a legislator than others, the legislator is able to form alliances with those who support his or her policy preferences. In short, the author argues that politics is both local and ideological. This work illuminates one of the central issues of representative democracy and will appeal to those who study or follow legislative politics as well as those interested in democratic theory.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472084216

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9780472084210

Shale Barrel Politics

Energy and Legislative Leadership

By: Eric M. Uslaner

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Shale Barrel Politics

Energy and Legislative Leadership

By: Eric M. Uslaner

A Stanford University Press classic.

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Stanford University Press

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0804717036

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9780804717038

The Historical Roots of Corruption

Mass Education, Economic Inequality, and State Capacity

By: Eric M. Uslaner

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The Historical Roots of Corruption

Mass Education, Economic Inequality, and State Capacity

By: Eric M. Uslaner

Why does corruption persist over long periods of time? Why is it so difficult to eliminate? Suggesting that corruption is deeply rooted in the underlying social and historical political structures of a country, Uslaner observes that there is a powerful statistical relationship between levels of mass education in 1870 and corruption levels in 2010 across 78 countries. He argues that an early introduction of universal education is shown to be linked to levels of economic equality and to efforts to increase state capacity. Societies with more equal education gave citizens more opportunities and power for opposing corruption, whilst the need for increased state capacity was a strong motivation for the introduction of universal education in many countries. Evidence for this argument is presented from statistical models, case studies from Northern and Southern Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as a discussions of how some countries escaped the 'trap' of corruption.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108267386

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Corruption, Inequality, and the Rule of Law

The Bulging Pocket Makes the Easy Life

By: Eric M. Uslaner

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Corruption, Inequality, and the Rule of Law

The Bulging Pocket Makes the Easy Life

By: Eric M. Uslaner

Corruption flouts rules of fairness and gives some people advantages that others don't have. Corruption is persistent; there is little evidence that countries can escape the curse of corruption easily-or at all. Instead of focusing on institutional reform, Uslaner suggests that the roots of corruption lie in economic and legal inequality and low levels of generalized trust (which are not readily changed) and poor policy choices (which may be more likely to change). Economic inequality provides a fertile breeding ground for corruption-and, in turn, it leads to further inequalities. Just as corruption is persistent, inequality and trust do not change much over time in my cross-national aggregate analyses. Uslaner argues that high inequality leads to low trust and high corruption, and then to more inequality-an inequality trap and identifies direct linkages between inequality and trust in surveys of the mass public and elites in transition countries. Eric M. Uslaner is Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland-College Park, where he has taught since 1975. He has written seven books including The Moral Foundations of Trust (Cambridge University Press, 2002), and The Decline of Comity in Congress (University of Michigan Press, 1993). In 1981-82 he was Fulbright Professor of American Studies and Political Science at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel and in 2005, he was a Fulbright Senior Specialist Lecturer at Novosibirsk State Technical University, Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia. In 2006 he was appointed the first Senior Research Fellow at the Center for American Law and Political Science at the Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, China.

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0521874890

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National Identity and Partisan Polarization

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Segregation and Mistrust

Diversity, Isolation, and Social Cohesion

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Segregation and Mistrust

Diversity, Isolation, and Social Cohesion

By: Eric M. Uslaner

Generalized trust – faith in people you do not know who are likely to be different from you – is a value that leads to many positive outcomes for a society. Yet some scholars now argue that trust is lower when we are surrounded by people who are different from us. Eric M. Uslaner challenges this view and argues that residential segregation, rather than diversity, leads to lower levels of trust. Integrated and diverse neighborhoods will lead to higher levels of trust, but only if people also have diverse social networks. Professor Uslaner examines the theoretical and measurement differences between segregation and diversity and summarizes results on how integrated neighborhoods with diverse social networks increase trust in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Australia. He also shows how different immigration and integration policies toward minorities shape both social ties and trust.

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1139788523

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Corruption, Inequality, and the Rule of Law

The Bulging Pocket Makes the Easy Life

By: Eric M. Uslaner

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The Bulging Pocket Makes the Easy Life

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The Historical Roots of Corruption

Mass Education, Economic Inequality, and State Capacity

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Mass Education, Economic Inequality, and State Capacity

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The Movers and the Shirkers

Representatives and Ideologues in the Senate

By: Eric M. Uslaner

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Representatives and Ideologues in the Senate

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How legislators pursue their policy agenda and represent their constituents

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Segregation and Mistrust

Diversity, Isolation, and Social Cohesion

By: Cambridge University Press,Eric M. Uslaner

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Diversity, Isolation, and Social Cohesion

By: Cambridge University Press,Eric M. Uslaner

Eric M. Uslaner examines the theoretical and measurement differences between segregation and diversity and summarizes results on how integrated neighborhoods with diverse social networks increase trust in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Australia"--

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Book's by Eric M. Uslaner

Segregation and Mistrust

Segregation and Mistrust

National Identity and Partisan Polarization

National Identity and Partisan Polarization

The Movers and the Shirkers

The Movers and the Shirkers

The Decline of Comity in Congress

The Decline of Comity in Congress

Shale Barrel Politics

Shale Barrel Politics

The Historical Roots of Corruption

The Historical Roots of Corruption

Corruption, Inequality, and the Rule of Law

Corruption, Inequality, and the Rule of Law

National Identity and Partisan Polarization

National Identity and Partisan Polarization

Segregation and Mistrust

Segregation and Mistrust

Corruption, Inequality, and the Rule of Law

Corruption, Inequality, and the Rule of Law

The Historical Roots of Corruption

The Historical Roots of Corruption

The Movers and the Shirkers

The Movers and the Shirkers

Segregation and Mistrust

Segregation and Mistrust

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