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Beyond Red and Blue: How Twelve Political Philosophies Shape American Debates

by Peter S. Wenz

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Why Americans do not divide neatly into red and blue or right and left but form coalitions across party lines on hot-button issues ranging from immigration to same-sex marriage.

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Published: 2009
Genres: Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Philosophy, Sociology, Sexuality and Gender Studies
DDC/MDS: 320.60973
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