The author of one of the most talked about political science books of the post 2016 presidential election period will be at UW-Parkside Wednesday evening.
UW-Madison politics professor Katherine Cramer’s book---“The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scot Walker”— got unexpected attention in the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory.
Speaking on WGTD’s Morning Show last week, Cramer explained how the lessons she learned in chatting informally with hundreds of people across rural areas of Wisconsin well before the 2016 election could be transferred to the presidential election results.
The chasm she uncovered between residents of rural and urban Wisconsin went far beyond geography. "We fail to recognize that many of us are feeling overlooked and stepped on," she said. "There's something fundamentally wrong with our democracy when people in rural places and people in all kinds of places have this sentiment that nobody understands my challenges--no one's listening to me. I'm not getting the resources I need to get ahead."
Cramer’s Wednesday evening appearance at UW-Parkside is titled “Building Bridges as We Talk: Knowing Our Neighbors.” It’ll be held in the Student Center Ballroom beginning at 5:30. The evening will include small-group discussions that’ll involve Parkside political science students who gathered political viewpoints in their own recent discussions with voters.
Cramer’s Morning Show appearance with Greg Berg is archived here.
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