Focusing on a specific type of electoral manipulation, we hypothesize that ceteris paribus, political polarization is strongly associated with higher levels of government intimidation of the opposition. We expect this relationship to be stronger in democracies than in autocracies. Empirically, we create...
While group polarization is most common in political discussions, it can also happen in workplaces, social circles, and online communities. Also, it’s not always a bad thing — group polarization can motivate us to take action as a force for good. But of course, it can also lead to mor...
And when I got to Porto Alegre and I got on an Uber to go to the hotel. I didn't even bring up the topic, but the driver already started talking about the floods. He said, ‘oh, look, do you see the marks in the walls of where the water went up to.’ And yeah, when I s...
” Jay Van Bavel of New York University and colleagues demonstrate that political partisanship during the pandemic cost lives. The article is a sobering, straightforward analysis of the ways in which political polarization drove some to refuse to follow public health guidance, resulting in unnecessary ...
Today’s leaders must run their organizations while coping with a growing and shifting number of challenging externalities, including supply chain disruptions, inflation, political polarization, and global unrest. The increased rate of technological change—especially innovations such as generative and applie...
But all of that changed leading up to the 2020 U.S. presidential election. In a reversal of its previous stance, Facebook announced plans tostop accepting new political adsone week before the election andindefinitely halt all political adsafter polls closed on Election Day. The move aimed to...
How to Cite DEMERATH, J. (2014), RELIGION, POLITICS, AND POLARIZATION: HOW RELIGIOPOLITICAL CONFLICT IS CHANGING CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. By William V. D'Antonio, Steven A. Tuch, and Josiah R. Baker. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013. vii + 159 pp. $70.00 cloth, $28...
arative Perspective How Does Political Polarization Distort the Marketplace of Ideas? A Theory from a Comparative PerspectiveHow Does Political Polarization Distort the Marketplace of Ideas? A Theory from a Comparative PerspectiveHsu, Jimmy ChiaShin...
At the time when the world needs unity to solve common challenges, the U.S. should stop peddling its owndemocratic value, reflect on its own problems and respond with practical action to the global aspiration for peace and prosperity.■
is going ahead more quickly than our capacity to stop it. We have to find better ways of responding to it. The global development is not working. Poverty is increasing. Much of the developing world has extraordinary debt problems. They paid more to service their debts than they spend on he...