The Big Sort (60 page)

AND ISSUES
, abortion,
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, environmental issues,
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, gun ownership,
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, Hurricane Katnna,
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IN SPECIFIC STATES.
Colorado,
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, Illinois,
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, Kentucky,
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, Minnesota,
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; Montana,
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, Ohio,
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, Oregon,
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; Pennsylvania,
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; Texas,
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, Virginia,
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Repulsion,
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Restaurants,
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Rhoads, Mark,
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Rhode Island,
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Richardson, Bill,
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Richardson, Mike,
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Riesman, David,
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The Right Nation
(Micklethwait and Wooidridge),
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Riley, Chris,
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The Rise of the Creative Class
(Florida),
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Risky shift phenomenon,
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Ritter, Bill,
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Robbers Cave experiment,
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Roberts, Gene,
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Robertson, Martha,
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Robinett, Joan,
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Robinson, Edward G.,
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Robinson, Ted,
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Rochester, Minn.,
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Rockefeller Foundation,
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Roe
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. Wade,
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Rogers, Martha,
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Romer, Paul,
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Romney, George,
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Roosevelt, Franklin D,
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Roosevelt, Teddy,
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Roozen, David,
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Roper, Elmo,
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Rosen, Emanuel,
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Rosenthal, Alan,
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Rosenthal, Howard,
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Rosenthal, Ida,
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Rosin, Hana,
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Rostenkowski, Dan,
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Rove, Karl,
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Rural areas, and Big Sort,
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, and Republican Party,
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Saddleback Church, Orange County,
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Same-sex marriage
See
Gays and lesbians

San Antonio, Tex.,
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San Diego, Calif.,
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San Francisco, Calif creative-class workers in,
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; movies in,
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San Jose, Calif.,
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Sanchez, Thomas,
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Santorum, Rick,
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Sarasota, Fla.,
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Saturn automobiles,
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Saxenian, AnnaLee,
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Scaife Foundation,
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Scandals.
See
Political scandals

Schachter, Stanley,
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Schickler, Eric,
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Schkade, David,
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Schlesinger, Arthur,
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Schlosser, Eric.
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Schmitt, Mark.
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Schneider, William,
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School prayer,
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Schools.
See
Education

Schuller, Robert,
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Schumer, Charles,
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Schwab, Les,
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Schwarzenegger, Arnold,
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Scientific research,
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Scopes monkey trial,
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Scotia mining explosions,
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Scott County, Minn.,
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Seattle, Wash, creative-class workers in,
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Stranger
newspaper in, on Urban Archipelago,
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Secrest, Rev. Charles,
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Secrets of the Temple
(Greider),
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Segmentation
See
Market segmentation, Political segregation

The Segmented Society
(Wiebe),
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Seltzer, Barry,
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Senate.
See
Congress

September
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terrorist attacks,
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Service Employees International Union,
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SES (socioeconomic status).
See
Class

Sex discrimination,
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Sex education,
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Sharpton, AI,
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Shays, Chris,
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Sheehan, Cindy,
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Sheen, Martin,
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Sheldon, Charles M.,
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Sherif, Muzafer,
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Sherman, Roger,
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Sierra, Ashley,
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Silicon Valley, Calif.,
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Skaggs, David,
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Skocpol, Theda,
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Slick, Grace,
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Smith, Harold Wayne,
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Smith, J Walker,
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Smith, Wendell,
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SNCC,
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Snyder, Dot,
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Social capital,
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Social class.
See
Class

Social epidemics,
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Social Gospel,
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Social networks,
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Socioeconomic status (SES).
See
Class

Solow, Robert,
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The Sound of Music,
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South Dakota,
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel,
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Southwest Landowner Conference,
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Specter, Arlen,
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Spencer, Herbert,
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Spitzer, Eliot,
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St. Louis, Mo.,
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Stagflation,
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Stapleton, Bob,
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Starbucks,
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Stark, Rodney,
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State Policy Network,
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Stein, Rob,
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Stem cell research,
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Stetzer, Ed,
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Stevenson, Adlai,
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Stolarick, Kevin,
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Stoner, James,
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Straight-ticket voting,
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Stranger,
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Strong, Josiah,
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Stross, Randall,
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC),
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Students for a Democratic Society,
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Success versus integrity,
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Suicide,
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Sullivan County, N Y.,
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Sundquist, James,
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Sunstein, Cass,
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Susan B. Anthony List,
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Sweden,
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Switzerland,
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Tajfel, Henri,
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Talent, Jim,
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Tampa, Fla.,
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Tech cities.
See
High-tech cities

Teixeira, Ruy,
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Telephone spying by the government,
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Television. See Media

Tennessee,
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Tester, Jon,
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Texas-abortion in,
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, high school course on Bible in,
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; and midterm elections (2006),
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; migrants from Louisiana in,
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, movies in Mesquite,
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, school districts in West Texas,
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See also
specific cities

Theiss-Morse, Elizabeth,
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They Work for Us,
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Thibodeaux, Robert,
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3M (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company),
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Tiebout, Charles,
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Tillich, Paul,
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Time Enough for Love
(Heinlein),
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Time
magazine,
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Tipping phenomenon,
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The Tipping Point
(Gladwell),
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Toobin, Jeffrey,
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Toomey, Patrick,
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Toyota Prius hybrid cars,
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Tribe psychology: advertising and image tribes,
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; and hiving,
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, and political segregation of Washington, D.C.,
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; and politics,
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