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Radical American Partisanship 2022
Radical American Partisanship: Mapping Violent Hostility, Its Causes, and the Consequences for Democracy is a 2022 book by political scientists Lilliana Mason and Nathan Kalmoe. The book examines political violence in America.
Kalmoe and Mason pose numerous survey questions to gauge American backing for political violence, especially support for partisan political violence. Westwood et al. questioned some of these methods – including inquiries such as "How much do you feel it is justified for [respondent's own party] to use violence in advancing their political goals these days?" – calling them unclear and possibly inflating estimates of public support for political violence.
The book outlines links between endorsement of partisan political violence and other characteristics. For instance, they observe that ideological extremism does not connect with support for partisan political violence, yet aggressive interpersonal behavior does.
A less central result from Radical American Partisanship is that individuals displaying hostile sexism are more inclined to back partisan political violence.
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