Focus on political fragmentation, not polarization: Re-empower party leadership

Solutions to Political Polarization in America

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 146-156

  Pildes, Richard H ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781316091906.010     Document Type: Chapter

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