Below are the most interesting book titles I have found on the topic so far. I have not read all of these yet, so have grouped them according to how relevant they appear to be.
| Title | Comments | URL |
|---|---|---|
| HIGHLY RECOMMENDED | _____________________________________________ | |
| Political Polarization in American Politics. Daniel J. Hopkins and John Sides, Editors. | Great collection of essays by academic researchers, mostly political scientists | https://www.amazon.com/Political-Polarization-American-Politics-Sides/dp/1501306278 |
| Solutions to Political Polarization in America, Nathaniel Persily, Editor | Similar to the Hopkins&Sides collection, 20 essays by political scientists on various proposals for improving functioning of government in the face of partisanship. | https://www.amazon.com/Solutions-Political-Polarization-America-Nathaniel/dp/1107451914/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Solutions+to+Political+Polarization+in+America&qid=1616530367&s=books&sr=1-1 |
| Political Tribes, Amy Chua | Yale professor's commentary on how tribalism affects the modern world. | https://www.amazon.com/Political-Tribes-Group-Instinct-Nations/dp/0399562877/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Political+Tribes%2C+Amy+Chua&qid=1616530263&s=books&sr=1-1 |
| Enlightenment Now, Stephen Pinker | Celebrating enlightened thought, from Pinker's perspective. Chapter 21 in particular addresses tribalism and related cognitive fallacies. | https://www.amazon.com/Enlightenment-Now-Science-Humanism-Progress/dp/0143111388/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Enlightenment+Now%2C+Stephen+Pinker&qid=1616530244&s=books&sr=1-1 |
| Cascades, How to Create a Movement That Drives Transformational Change, Greg Satell. | Theory of how to successfully build momentum in change movements using networks of loosely connected, small groups linked through shared values. | https://www.amazon.com/Cascades-Create-Movement-Drives-Transformational/dp/1260454010/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Cascades%2C+How+to+Create+a+Movement+That+Drives+Transformational+Change%2C+Greg+Satell.&qid=1616601714&sr=8-1 |
| How Change Happens, Why Some Social Movemets Succeed While Others Don't, Leslie R Crutchfield | Georgetown U. Professor's studies of success factors shared across numerous US social movements. | https://www.amazon.com/How-Change-Happens-Movements-Succeed/dp/1119413818/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=how+change+happens&qid=1616601695&sr=8-1 |
| USEFUL INSIGHTS | ||
| The View from Flyover Country, Sarah Kendzior | Probably most succinctly described as dispatches from the front lines of class warfare. Author speaks from a definite point of view, but offers numerous useful insights. | https://www.amazon.com/View-Flyover-Country-Dispatches-Forgotten/dp/1250189993/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+View+from+Flyover+Country%2C+Sarah+Kendzior&qid=1616530289&s=books&sr=1-1 |
| SEEM PROMISING | ||
| Why We're Polarized, Ezra Klein | (Reading right now) | https://www.amazon.com/Why-Were-Polarized-Ezra-Klein/dp/147670032X/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Why+We%27re+Polarized%2C+Ezra+Klein&qid=1616530404&s=books&sr=1-2 |
| “The Moral Animal”, Robert Wright | ||
| The Promise of Party in a Polarized Age, Russell Muirhead | ||
| Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition | ||
| Talking to Strangers, Malcom Gladwell | https://www.amazon.com/Talking-Strangers-Should-about-People/dp/0316478520/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Talking+to+Strangers+%28Gladwell%29&qid=1616530426&s=books&sr=1-1 | |
| Polarized America: The Dance of Ideology and Unequal Riches. McCarty, Nolan, Keith T. Poole, and Howard Rosenthal. | ||
| “Nonzero”, Robert Wright | ||
| “The Evolution of God”, Robert Wright | ||
| Unstable Majorities. Morris Fiorina | ||
| Campaign Finance and Political Polarization | ||
| Hillbilly Elegy | ||
| Culture War: The Myth of a Polarized America , Fiorina, Morris P., Samuel J. Abrams and Jeremy C. Pope. | ||
| ALSO TO BE READ | ||
| Tribes, Seth Godin | ||
| Tribal Leadership | ||
| The Nature of Prejudice | ||
| US & Them | ||
| Polarized, The Rise of Ideology in American Politics, Steven E Schier and Todd E. Eberly | https://www.amazon.com/Polarized-Rise-Ideology-American-Politics-ebook/dp/B0148Z62F4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Polarized%2C+The+Rise+of+Ideology+in+American+Politics%2C+Steven+E+Schier+and+Todd+E.+Eberly&qid=1616530626&s=books&sr=1-1 | |
| The Shipwrecked Mind | ||
| Partisanship and Political Liberalism in Diverse Societies | ||
| The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion | ||
| The Polarized Public?: Why American Government Is So Dysfunctional, Alan Abramowitz | ||
| Red and Blue Nation?: Characteristics and Causes of America’s Polarized Politics. Pietro S. Nivola and David W. Brady | ||
| Religion, Intolerance, and Conflict: A Scientific and Conceptual Investigation | ||
| Tolerance, Intolerance and Respect: Hard to Accept? | ||
| Political Tolerance in American Democracy | ||
| The Problem of Tolerance | ||
| The Politics of Cultural Pluralism |
Project LISTEN is opening minds!
LISTEN scalably helps us understand why opponents think as they do.
Learn more >
Project INFLUENCE near launch.
INFLUENCE works to
enhance support for cooperation.
Learn more >
Share this page
