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  1. Sep 21, 2017 · The difference between politics and a game is that politics is about the common good and concerns justice, whereas winning a game is victory for one’s own self or team. Justice introduces a distinction between groups that seek it and those who do not, which is the basis for a distinction between party and faction.

  2. He is also a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. DiSalvo focuses on American political parties, elections, labor unions, state government, and public policy. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including Engines of Change: Party Factions in American Politics, 1868-2010 (Oxford University Press, 2012) and Government Against ...

  3. Dec 5, 2019 · Abstract. This chapter explores how members of Congress strategize to win the battle over U.S. foreign policy. While traditional scholarship focuses on establishment party leaders and majority rule, we argue that the study of factions flows naturally from theories of democratic representation. Exploration of the role of sub-groups within ...

    • Patrick Homan, Jeffrey S. Lantis
    • 2020
  4. Nov 13, 2020 · But the 2020 pandemic has revealed how pervasive the divide in American politics is relative to other nations. Over the summer, 76% of Republicans (including independents who lean to the party) felt the U.S. had done a good job dealing with the coronavirus outbreak , compared with just 29% of those who do not identify with the Republican Party.

  5. The term "faction" has a negative connotation in the United States. In Federalist No. 10, James Madison famously called for institutions to "break and control the violence of faction," which he defined as "a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other ...

  6. Other articles where faction is discussed: democracy: Factions and parties: In many of the city-state democracies and republics, part of the answer to question 3—What political institutions are necessary for governing?—consisted of “factions,” including both informal groups and organized political parties. Much later, representative democracies in several countries developed political ...

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  8. Nov 9, 2021 · Hidden beneath the stark partisan polarization of American politics today are sharp intraparty divisions over some of the most central issues facing the nation, according to a new analysis from ...

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