by Ezra Klein
First published 2020
America's political system isn't broken - it's working exactly as designed. But journalist Ezra Klein reveals how that system is polarizing us, and how we're polarizing it, with disastrous results. At the heart of it all is identity. As our partisan affiliations merge with our racial, religious, and cultural identities, the bonds holding the country together fray. Klein lays bare the structural and psychological forces driving America's descent into division, and the feedback loops between polarized identities and institutions that are tearing the nation apart.
Genres: american, political-science, politics, non-fiction, 21st-century, current-affairs
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: informed-consent
Setting: America
Period: 21st-Century
336 pages · Hardcover · Avid Reader Press / Simon Schuster