{"product_id":"the-second-civil-war-how-extreme-partisanship-has-paralyzed-washington-and-polarized-america-9780143114321","title":"The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America","description":"In recent years American politics has seemingly become much more partisan, more zero-sum, more vicious, and less able to confront the real problems our nation faces. What has happened? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Second Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e, respected political commentator Ronald Brownstein diagnoses the electoral, demographic, and institutional forces that have wreaked such change over the American political landscape, pulling politics into the margins and leaving precious little common ground for compromise. \u003ci\u003eThe Second Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e is not a book for Democrats or Republicans but for all Americans who are disturbed by our current political dysfunction and hungry for ways to understand it--and move beyond it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143114321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/26\/2008 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ronald Brownstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44391868334261,"sku":"9780143114321","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_24d9030d-af31-4b4b-840d-010a251bb0cc.jpg?v=1719949028","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-second-civil-war-how-extreme-partisanship-has-paralyzed-washington-and-polarized-america-9780143114321","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}