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03644aam a22004338i 4500 001 B79E630EB81211E9A4E5754297128E48 003 SILO 005 20190806010914 008 181217s2019 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018059247 020 $a 1138092045 020 $a 9781138092044 035 $a (OCoLC)1076510105 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d YDX $d ERASA $d GSU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a JK2356 A74 2019 100 1 $a Appelrouth, Scott, $d 1965- $e author. 245 10 $a Envisioning America and the American self : $b Republican and Democratic party platforms, 1840-2016 / $c Scott Appelrouth. 264 1 $a Abingdon, Oxon ; $b Routledge, $c 2019. 300 $a ix, 125 pages ; $c 23 cm 500 $a "Routledge focus"--cover. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : the state of politics -- The who and whys of ideological polarization -- The cultural grounds of political ideology -- Party platforms and topic modeling -- Republican Party platforms, 1856-2016 -- Democratic Party platforms, 1840-2016 -- Conclusion : convergences, divergences, and blinkered visions. 520 8 $a This book explores the Democratic and Republican Party platforms from 1840 to 2016. As the only official, institutionally sanctioned document espousing the parties' views on the state of the nation, the platforms present to the party faithful a diagnosis of what ails the country and the promise of possessing the necessary cure. In doing so, they offer more than a listing of specific issues in need of redress through legislative action, and moreover serve as a form of national storytelling through which political parties forge their vision of America and of what it means to be an American. Using topic modeling as an entry point into the documents, the author moves to consider more closely two related themes: those of how the platforms narrate the "American" self and individual freedom. With consideration of the extent to which the parties envision the self as an isolated economic actor or as an individual with a range of duties and obligations to a broader community, the spheres of action that they consider focal points for individual autonomy, and the extent to which they view liberty as freedom from restraint or freedom to act, this book sheds light on the historical trajectory of the growing fracture in American politics as well as the points of convergence across the two parties. Moreover, positing that behind their divisive rhetoric, both share a fundamental vision of what it means to be a "person," the author argues that perhaps their seemingly intractable differences are more a matter of degree than kind. 610 20 $a Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) $x History. $x History. 610 20 $a Democratic Party (U.S.) $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Political culture $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Individualism $x Political aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Party affiliation $z United States $x History. 651 0 $a United States $x Philosophy. $x Philosophy. 610 27 $a Democratic Party (U.S.) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00532710 610 27 $a Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00544975 776 08 $i Online version: $a Appelrouth, Scott, 1965- author. $t Envisioning America and the American self $d Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019 $z 9781315107738 $w (DLC) 2018061745 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213013432.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190905041357.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B79E630EB81211E9A4E5754297128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search