Can we talk? the rise of rude, nasty, stubborn politics -- The powerful, if elusive, nature of civility / Susan Herbst -- What is civil engaged argument and why does aspiring to it matter? / Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Bruce W. Hardy -- Calls for civility: an invitation to deliberate or a means of political control? / J. Cherie Strachan and Michael R. Wolf -- The uncivil and the incendiary / Todd Gitlin -- Television and uncivil political discourse / Diana C. Mutz -- Our tribal nature and the rise of nasty politics / Daniel M. Shea -- Presidents, partisans, and polarized politics / Gary C. Jacobson -- Partisan polarization and satisfaction with democracy / John H. Aldrich -- Party homogeneity and contentious politics / Morris P. Fiorina -- Polarized by design: the modern-day Congress / Juliet Eilperin -- The news media and the rise of negativity in presidential campaigns: a new hypothesis / John Geer -- Incivility in American politics: where it comes from and what we can do about it / William A. Galston -- The consequences of uncivil discourse for the political process / L. Sandy Maisel.