Do we need conflict in American politics?

In this week's episode of Politics in Question, Lee and James discuss the role of conflict in policy making, guided by E.E. Schattschneider's The Semisovereign People: A Realist's View of Democracy in America (1960).

How can conflict drive change? How does our current views of partisanship and conflict inform decision making? How does who controls the scope of conflict shape democratic participation? Thes are some of the questions Lee and James explore in this week's episode.

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