The Troubles and Beyond: The impact of a museum exhibit on a post‐conflict society
Abstract In divided societies, can museums contribute to healing and recovery? While efforts to memorialize past violence typically aim to promote tolerance and reconciliation, remembering could exacerbate divisions in recovering societies where the past is deeply contested. We examine a transitional justice museum exhibit in Northern Ireland.
Laia Balcells, Elsa Voytas
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Political polarization on the move: Analyzing geographical mobility between counties in the U.S. [PDF]
Liang Z, Cho J.
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Campaign Finance and Partisan Polarization in the United States Congress [PDF]
La Raja, Raymond J.
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Political Competition, Ideology and Corruption [PDF]
Boukouras, Aristotelis +1 more
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Electoral responses to economic crises
Abstract How do voters respond to economic crises: Do they turn against the incumbent, reward a certain political camp, polarize to the extremes, or perhaps continue to vote much like before? Analyzing extensive data on electorates, parties, and individuals in 24 countries for over half a century, we document a systematic pattern whereby economic ...
Yotam Margalit, Omer Solodoch
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From the perspective of the Construal Level Theory: Examining the effect of psychological distance on system justification. [PDF]
Scarci F +4 more
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The electoral politics of immigration and crime
Abstract Concern that immigration worsens crime problems is prevalent across Western publics. How does it shape electoral politics? Prior research asserted a growing left–right divide in immigration attitudes and voting behavior due to educational realignment.
Jeyhun Alizade
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Polarized neural responses to political narratives are sensitive to small variations in self-reported political perspectives. [PDF]
Zebarjadi N +6 more
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Defiant pride: Origins and consequences of ethnic voting
Abstract Why do voters often remain loyal to ethnic parties despite receiving little in terms of material welfare? I develop a theory focused on the role of dignity concerns in explaining within‐group variation in ethnic party loyalty. Group members who face discrimination from state agencies dominated by outgroups respond with defiant pride, which ...
Mashail Malik
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Why more social interactions lead to more polarization in societies. [PDF]
Thurner S, Hofer M, Korbel J.
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