01812    a2200181   4500008004100000020001900041100002000060245010100080260005400181300001000235520108100245650002301326650004001349700002201389942001201411999001701423952019001440250625b        ii ||||| |||| 00| 0 mal d  a978-1316512012  aGrossmann, Matt  aPolarized by degrees: bHow the diploma divide and the culture war transformed American politics  aCambridge: bCambridge University Press, c2024.   a386p.  aOver the past several decades, American society has experienced fundamental changes – from shifting relations between social groups and evolving language and behavior norms to the increasing value of a college degree. These transformations have polarized the nation's political climate and ignited a perpetual culture war. In a sequel to their award-winning collaboration Asymmetric Politics, Grossmann and Hopkins draw on an extensive variety of evidence to explore how these changes have affected both major parties. They show that the Democrats have become the home of highly-educated citizens with progressive social views who prefer credentialed experts to make policy decisions, while Republicans have become the populist champions of white voters without college degrees who increasingly distrust teachers, scientists, journalists, universities, non-profit organizations, and even corporations. The result of this new “diploma divide” between the parties is an increasingly complex world in which everything is about politics – and politics is about everything.  aPolitics - America  aDiploma Divide - Politics - America  aHopkins, David A.  cBK2ddc  c49204d49204  00102ddc4070aMAINbMAINcRN18d2025-06-25e71g2190.94l2o362.197 GROp38328q2026-12-08r2026-07-28 00:00:00s2026-07-28v2921.25w2025-06-25yBKzRecommended by Prof. Sumit Mitra