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Ideological Polarization Over a China-as-Superpower Mind-set: An Exploratory Charting of Belief Systems Among Chinese Internet Users, 2008–2011

open access: yesInternational Journal of Communication, 2014
This study explores ideological polarization among Chinese Internet users by examining both the structure of local belief systems and temporal changes of opinions.
Angela Xiao Wu
doaj   +2 more sources

Dynamics of the Russian population political-ideological orientations in the post-Soviet period

open access: yesRUDN journal of Sociology, 2020
Under permanent transformations in all spheres of life in the Russian society, the dynamics of the political-ideological views of people, their attitudes to the choice and implementation of the strategic directions of social development become especially
T. N Yudina, Yu. N Mazaev, S. V Babakaev
doaj   +1 more source

Persuasive Action and Ideological Polarization in Congress

open access: yesSocial Problems, 2021
AbstractWhat drives polarized voting in Congress? This article develops a persuasive action model which argues that polarization in Congress depends on the assertive capacities of social movements, the vulnerability of political officials, and the partisanship of the environments they represent.
openaire   +1 more source

Induced abortion in the world: 3. In search of a minimum common ground

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The rising worldwide trend toward legalization of termination of pregnancy has been accompanied by increased polarization around abortion. Two opposite broad coalitions emerged from this confrontation, generally known as the “pro‐life” and “pro‐choice” movements. The basic issue for pro‐life advocates is that the protection of “innocent, human
Giuseppe Benagiano   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polarization and Ideological Weaving in Twitter Discourse of Politicians

open access: yesSocial Media + Society, 2019
The form and functions of political discourse have considerably taken a new orientation with the evolving ways of communication. Twitter is a platform that is increasingly preferred by the political elites for the purpose of gaining public acclaim and ...
Farzana Masroor   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Party Polarization and Trust in Science: What about Democrats?

open access: yesSocius, 2021
Research has documented the decline of trust in science among Republicans, ideological conservatives, and fundamentalist religious groups. However, less is known about the nature of party polarization in these trends: did polarization only increase ...
John J. Lee
doaj   +1 more source

Analyzing Ideological Communities in Congressional Voting Networks

open access: yes, 2018
We here study the behavior of political party members aiming at identifying how ideological communities are created and evolve over time in diverse (fragmented and non-fragmented) party systems.
C Maso Dal   +24 more
core   +1 more source

Ideological Moderates Won't Run: How Party Fit Matters for Partisan Polarization in Congress [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Scholars have focused on elite-level and mass-level changes to explain partisan polarization in Congress. This article offers a candidate entry explanation for the persistence of polarization and the rise in asymmetric polarization.
Thomsen, DM
core   +1 more source

The politics of impact: How political ideology shapes perceptions of the environmental impact of individual actions

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Although consumers who engage in the same sustainable behaviors objectively have the same environmental impact, this research finds that people's perceptions of that impact are subjective and systematically shaped by political ideology. Seven studies demonstrate that conservatives tend to perceive their sustainable actions to have less of a ...
Aylin Cakanlar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ideology, Shirking, and the Incumbency Advantage in the U.S. House of Representatives [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines how the incumbency advantage is related to ideological voting or legislative shirking that causes the incumbents to diverge from the preference of the median voter using aggregate data for the U.S.
Pavel Yakovlev
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