作者：KatherineJ.Cramer
出版社：UniversityOfChicagoPress
副标题：RuralConsciousnessinWisconsinandtheRiseofScottWalker
出版年：2016-3-23
页数：256
定价：USD30.00
装帧：Paperback
ISBN：9780226349114
内容简介
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Since the election of Scott Walker, Wisconsin has been seen as ground zero for debates about the appropriate role of government in the wake of the Great Recession. In a time of rising inequality, Walker not only survived a bitterly contested recall that brought thousands of protesters to Capitol Square, he was subsequently reelected. How could this happen? How is it that the very people who stand to benefit from strong government services not only vote against the candidates who support those services but are vehemently against the very idea of big government?
With The Politics of Resentment, Katherine J. Cramer uncovers an oft-overlooked piece of the puzzle: rural political consciousness and the resentment of the “liberal elite.” Rural voters are distrustful that politicians will respect the distinct values of their communities and allocate a fair share of resources. What can look like disagreements about basic political principles are therefore actually rooted in something even more fundamental: who we are as people and how closely a candidate’s social identity matches our own. Using Scott Walker and Wisconsin’s prominent and protracted debate about the appropriate role of government, Cramer illuminates the contours of rural consciousness, showing how place-based identities profoundly influence how people understand politics, regardless of whether urban politicians and their supporters really do shortchange or look down on those living in the country.
作者简介
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Katherine J. Cramer is professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she is also director of the Morgridge Center for Public Service and an affiliate faculty member in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, the LaFollette School of Public Affairs, the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education, and the Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies. She is the author of Talking about Race and Talking about Politics, both also published by the University of Chicago Press.
目录
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Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Making Sense of Politics through Resentment
Chapter 2. A Method of Listening
Chapter 3. The Contours of Rural Consciousness
Chapter 4. The Context of Rural Consciousness
Chapter 5. Attitudes toward Public Institutions and Public Employees
Chapter 6. Support for Small Government
Chapter 7. Reactions to the Ruckus
Chapter 8. We Teach These Things to Each Other
Appendix A: County Map of Wisconsin
Appendix B: Descriptions of Groups Observed and Municipalities in Which They Met
Appendix C: Questions Used during Observations
Notes
References
Index
评论 ······
好书，真的好书。
方法论上有点弱；另，consciousness也有争议，让人觉得不对劲。但是我个人觉得social identity当做一种combination，还是有点意思的，human are complex…
想起去年在Madison的八周，某种程度上很理解康州的城乡二元对立。期间还有一次去Milwaukee的Fieldtrip，沿途所见都好荒凉。还有国庆日开车去明州，沿途真的很Rural。以及在Madison搬了两次家，第一次租的房间在Sheboygan，也是很冷清；第二次租在Eagleton那边，湖边风景优美，高大上的别墅区。UW的校园很不错，老师们也都很nice。我都能有这样的肤浅印象，更不要说康…
The puzzle is prophetic and the qualitative evidence is rich, but the explanatory mechanisms being located seem a little suspicious – there's a danger of taking folk concepts for granted.
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