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Katherine J. Cramer

Katherine J. Cramer is a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and director of the university’s Morgridge Center for Public Service. Her latest book is The Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin and the Rise of Scott Walker.

Latest articles by Katherine J. Cramer

The Big Idea
For years, I’ve been watching anti-elite fury build in Wisconsin. Then came Trump.For years, I’ve been watching anti-elite fury build in Wisconsin. Then came Trump.
The Big Idea

I did not set out to study rural resentment of “elites,” but that’s what I found.

By Katherine J. Cramer