Why We're Polarized

Why We're Polarized
Cover of the first edition
AuthorEzra Klein
Audio read byEzra Klein[1]
Cover artistAlison Forner[2]
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPoliticization in the United States
PublisherAvid Reader Press
Publication date
January 28, 2020
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover), E-book, Audiobook
Pages336
ISBN9781476700328 (Hardcover)
OCLC1142504857

Why We're Polarized is a 2020 non-fiction book by American journalist Ezra Klein, in which the author analyzes political polarization in the United States. Focusing in particular on the growing polarization between the major political parties in the United States (the Democratic Party and the Republican Party), the author argues that a combination of good intentions gone wrong, such as dealing with an arguably more unjust political consensus maintained at the expense of minorities, and inherent glitches in the institutional design of the country's federal government have caused widespread social problems.[3]

Opinion on the book is polarized, with positive reviews in The New York Times and Foreign Affairs,[4][5] mostly positive but somewhat critical reviews in The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus Reviews,[6][7][8][9] mixed reviews in The New Yorker, The New Republic, Dissent, and Jacobin,[3][10][11][12] and mostly negative reviews in The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, and The Outline.[13][14][15]

  1. ^ Why We're Polarized Audiobook by Ezra Klein. Simon & Schuster. 28 January 2020. ISBN 9781797107653. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b Metcalf, Stephen (March 11, 2020). "Ezra Klein's "Why We're Polarized" and the Drawbacks of Explainer Journalism". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
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