Arlie Russell Hochschild Strangers in Their Own: Anger and Mourning on the American right is about Arlie Russell a sociologist. She wrote this book to understand the emotional underpinnings of right-wing politics. Arlie talks about how liberal states have much better economies then Republicans.
In the first section of her book. she focuses on what she considers to be the "Great Paradox," which is to say that some right-wingers oppose regulations that would ensure their success. With that, she introduces readers to a man named Mike Schaff, whose entire town had to evacuate because of a sinkhole - a sinkhole which, incidentally, could have been prevented had environmental regulations been put into place (regulations which Schaff opposed). Hochschild later introduces readers to similar characters - all of whom were affected by disasters that could have been stopped had certain things been in place.
She later talks about people who vote for Republicans based on their religious beliefs alone when they should really vote for Democrats based on their beliefs.
Hochshild also argues that Democrat states - not Republican states - have much better economies because of stronger regulations. Bobby Jindal, Hochschild opines, destroyed Louisiana's economy because he destroyed the public sector and gave tax breaks to oil companies - oil companies which subsequently hired non-Louisianan’s for positions.
