In this week’s episode of Politics In Question, Jonathan Rodden joins Julia and Lee to discuss the challenges presented by urban-rural polarization in American politics. Rodden is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University. His work focuses on the comparative political economy of institutions. He has written on various topics, including federalism and fiscal decentralization, the geographic distribution of political preferences within countries, legislative bargaining, the distribution of budgetary transfers across regions, and the historical origins of political institutions. He is also the author of Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Divide (Basic Books, 2019).
What is urban-rural polarization? How do political parties perpetuate it? Does America’s presidential system exacerbate the underlying problem? And what reforms can help Americans bridge the urban-rural divide in their politics? These are some of the questions Jonathan, Julia, and Lee ask in this week’s episode.
What can we learn from political polls?
What does it mean to be a good citizen in the United States?
What's wrong with the Constitution?
How does electoral reform happen?
Is there a generation gap in American politics?
What's wrong with primary elections?
What decisions do political parties make after losing an election?
Why are Americans so upset about politics?
Is it time to rethink how we understand political parties?
Is it a good idea to require Americans to vote in federal elections?
Is the Supreme Court's legitimacy at risk?
What will it take to change how the federal government budgets?
What if things happened differently?
Is Trumpism in decline?
What do Americans think about immigration policy?
Why did Russia invade Ukraine and what can the United States do about it?
What's stopping the United States from changing its energy policy?
Where is the Republican Party headed?
Did conservatives transform the Supreme Court?
Why is everyone talking about the Supreme Court?
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