The Big Sort : Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart (Hardcover)

from fidchivers

A fascinating book documenting how Americans are using their ability to move to "sort" themselves into homogeneous, same-thinking commmunities that rarely have to interact with others who think differently. The key is that this is not done purposefully, but rather in the simple choices one has in...

from LorinRicker

I agree... quirky. But having read it, I feel better equipped to understand and discuss various issues which confront us all. Understanding the "sorting behavior" of Americans (and others around the world?) at least helps to explain why things always feel so confrontational and unresolvable -- pe...

from kristenn

Interesting but discouraging. The idea that almost no one believes in common ground any longer is pretty bleak. He seemed pretty even-handed. Openly liberal but repeatedly debunks the big anti-Republican conspiracy theories. And does a refreshingly nice job of never mocking his interview subjects...

from chilee

One of my mottos has always been "We're all from tribes not countries". Tribal boundaries overlay political boundaries. They are metageographical and are by nature invisible. Our tastes and preferences are a way of making the boundaries palpable. This book might be filed under marketing, which wo...

from karen-s

Describes last 50 years of sucessful church recruitment as that which is along lines of Rev. McGavan's findings in "The Bridges of God" - that evangelizing peoples worked best through homogenous units; that people are not attracted to a church filled with a diverse memership, but a church custom-...