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Affective polarization within parties
Political Psychology, 2023 Abstract Politics is increasingly a major source of social division, and party identities are theorized to be major drives of political hostility. However, parties often contain factions who are deeply hostile towards one another.
David J. Young, Lee de-Wit
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Affective polarization in Europe
European Political Science ReviewAbstractAffective polarization, a concept that originated in the USA, has increasingly been studied in Europe’s multi-party systems. This form of polarization refers to the extent to which party supporters dislike one another – or, more technically, to the difference between the positive feelings towards the supporters of one’s own political party and ...
Markus Wagner
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Social Media + SocietyAffective polarization is on the rise, not least in the United States. Recent scholarship has identified meta-perceptions, concerning how much opposing partisans think they dislike each other, as a potential driver of actual interparty animosity.
Christian Staal Bruun Overgaard
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A tale of two crises: affective polarization in Greece
Frontiers in Political ScienceAffective polarization, the strong feeling of animosity toward the supporters of the opposite party is rising in Europe. Several studies have examined the impact of ideological extremity and partisanship as a social identity on the rise of affective ...
Roula Nezi
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Affective polarization and democratic erosion: evidence from a context of weak partisanship
Political Science Research and MethodsCan the “us versus them” dynamic in politics undermine support for democracy even in the absence of strong party identification? While much is known about affective polarization in the USA, its impact on democratic commitment in other contexts remains ...
Loreto Cox +2 more
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Othering in politics: how affective polarization undermines democratic philia?
Frontiers in Political ScienceAffective polarization, characterized by animosity and distrust between partisan groups, threatens democratic resilience and social cohesion by fostering social distance, moral superiority, and political intolerance.
Emre Erdoğan, Pınar Uyan-Semerci
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Social Media, Affective Polarization, and Collective Action in Peru
Communication & Society (Formerly Comunicación y Sociedad)Affective polarization has become a worldwide phenomenon that impacts the ability to engage in meaningful dialogue and reflective consideration of different available courses of action. Social media use has been linked to phenomena such as homophily and
Fernando Ruiz-Dodobara +2 more
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IEEE AccessAffective polarization has important consequences for societies and institutions. At the institutional level, it hinders agreement among political actors, which damages the stability of the system. At the social level, it increases tensions and conflicts
Raquel Martinez-Espana +5 more
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Affective polarization in multiparty systems
Electoral Studies, 2020 Affective polarization captures the extent to which citizens feel sympathy towardspartisan in-groups and antagonism towards partisan out-groups. This is comparativelyeasy to assess in two-party systems. This paper first discusses challengesin applying the concept to multiparty setting and then presents different ways ofmeasuring affective polarization ...
Markus Wagner
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Hurt Feelings and Blocked Complexity in American Politics: Interpersonal Wounds Under Political Polarization and Social Distance [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesThis study assessed connections between five negative interpersonal feelings with political polarization in America. A total of 203 participants, Democrats and Republicans, were studied to see if their level of feeling hurt, dismissed, misunderstood ...
Chris Kam
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