자료유형  

 학위논문

Control Number  

0016935930

International Standard Book Number  

9798380157162

Dewey Decimal Classification Number  

320

Main Entry-Personal Name  

Hudson, Kyler James.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

[S.l.] : The University of Wisconsin - Madison., 2023

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  

Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2023

Physical Description  

1 online resource(138 p.)

General Note  

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-02, Section: A.

General Note  

Advisor: Cramer, Katherine.

Dissertation Note  

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2023.

Restrictions on Access Note  

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Summary, Etc.  

요약How does the "rural-urban divide" vary across the United States? This project describes the variation of geographic political polarization across time, space, and policy area. Using mass survey and census data, I develop a novel technique to measure geographic polarization by first estimating public opinion along the rural-urban continuum within each state. I then employ this technique to compare the degree of polarization across states and across political issues. I find that states with a lower total population, states with a relatively uniform population distribution, and states in the Midwest tend to be the most polarized. There is rarely a dominant issue that divides rural and urban residents in all states; instead, the public appears to respond to the local political environment, rather than relying on national cues or partisan identification. I also measure the change in polarization over time, finding that the polarization of individual issues ebbs and flows, but the total level of polarization within each state remains relatively constant. I conclude the project by demonstrating how this new measurement technique and the resulting polarization estimates can be used for causal inference, in order to better understand geographic polarization's causes and effects. These results can inform future empirical work on the intersection of geographic and mass polarization, as well as normative theories of federalism and representative democracy.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Political science.

Subject Added Entry-Topical Term  

Geography.

Index Term-Uncontrolled  

American politics

Index Term-Uncontrolled  

Geographic polarization

Index Term-Uncontrolled  

Rural-urban continuum

Added Entry-Corporate Name  

The University of Wisconsin - Madison Political Science

Host Item Entry  

Dissertations Abstracts International. 85-02A.

Host Item Entry  

Dissertation Abstract International

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joongbu:642828