Why we’re polarised | Ezra Klein | Political science | Books to read
Published in 2020, the book analyses the deepening political polarisation in the United States. Core ideas: identity as the root of polarisation, historical realignment (Civil Rights Act of 1964), structural loops (political institutions, media, psychology, social sorting), and polarised politics ‘by design’.
Klein suggests that almost all political conflict today is identity-driven rather than rooted in restrained policy disagreement. His book helps explain why political debates feel less about policy and more about who we are.