{"product_id":"beyond-red-and-blue-how-twelve-political-philosophies-shape-american-debates-9780262517560","title":"Beyond Red and Blue: How Twelve Political Philosophies Shape American Debates","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Peter S. Wenz\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Political Ideologies - Democracy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy Americans do not divide neatly into red and blue or right and left but form coalitions across party lines on hot-button issues ranging from immigration to same-sex marriage.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn any given night cable TV news will tell us how polarized American politics is: Republicans are from Mars, Democrats are from Canada. But in fact, writes Peter Wenz in \u003ci\u003eBeyond Red and Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, Americans do not divide neatly into two ideological camps of red\/blue, Republican\/Democrat, right\/left. In real life, as Wenz shows, different ideologies can converge on certain issues; people from the right and left can support the same policy for different reasons. Thus, for example, libertarian-leaning Republicans can oppose the Patriot Act's encroachment on personal freedom and social conservatives can support gay marriage on the grounds that it strengthens the institution of marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWenz maps out twelve political philosophies--ranging from theocracy and free-market conservatism to feminism and cosmopolitanism--on which Americans draw when taking political positions. He then turns his focus to some of America's most controversial issues and shows how ideologically diverse coalitions can emerge on such hot-button topics as extending life by artificial means, the war on drugs, the war on terrorism, affirmative action, abortion, same-sex marriage, health care, immigration, and globalization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwareness of these twelve political philosophies, Wenz argues, can help activists enlist allies, citizens better understand politics and elections, and all of us define our own political identities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47598638137495,"sku":"9780262517560","price":3435.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780262517560.webp?v=1775001471","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/beyond-red-and-blue-how-twelve-political-philosophies-shape-american-debates-9780262517560","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}