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Effects of political identity activation and inaccurate metaperceptions on attitudes toward wolves
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Polarization between groups can undermine durable conservation outcomes. Activating group identities (i.e., an individual's sense of self derived from membership in a group) can exacerbate differences, especially when people hold inaccurate perceptions of their peers and rivals.
Alexander L. Metcalf, Justin W. Angle
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The Importance of Disagreeing: Contrarians and Extremism in the CODA model
, 2009 In this paper, we study the effects of introducing contrarians in a model of Opinion Dynamics where the agents have internal continuous opinions, but exchange information only about a binary choice that is a function of their continuous opinion, the CODA
Deffuant G., Deffuant G., Hegselmann R.
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Infrastructure expansion, tourism and electoral outcomes
Economica, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines the electoral impact of economic growth through increased foreign tourism using data from Croatia. To identify causal effects, the paper applies an instrumental variable strategy, which uses variation in the ruggedness of the local terrain to estimate the network of least‐cost paths.
Adrian Mehic
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Direct democracy and political extremism
Economica, EarlyView.Abstract We study how citizens' right to directly decide on policies through popular initiatives affects the attractiveness of extreme candidates in representative elections. In our theoretical framework, single prominent policy issues on which individual voters hold extreme views get a large weight in their assessment of candidates, thereby favouring ...
Nicolas Schreiner, Alois Stutzer
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The Attitudes Toward Extremism Among University Students Baghdad
مجلة كلية التربية للبنات, 2019 The Present study aims to investigate the attitude toward extremism of the university student and to find differences with three variables, gender field of study ,grade), For the purposes of the study on(3) level scale of the attitude towards extremism ,
Iman Sadeq Abdul Kareem +1 more
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The Farabi conceptualisation of ‘social health’ and global moderation
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2018 Globalisation today has collapsed cultural and social boundaries and has turned humanity into a global family. Its result is humanity’s common fates and its new threats, as extremism.
Ahad Faramarzgharamaleki
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The Politics of Asymmetric Extremism
, 2019 I thank Ken Shotts, Adam Meirowitz, Dan Kovenock, Ron Siegel, Leeat Yariv, Federico Echenique, Salvatore Nunnari, Betsy Sinclair, and seminar audiences at USC, the University of Utah (Eccles School), and the 2018 SAET conference for helpful comments and advice, as well as Joanna Huey for research assistance.
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Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Volume 55, Issue 5, Page 305-321, May 2025.ABSTRACT Social exclusion threatens psychological needs satisfaction, increases anger, and can contribute to group polarization. In two studies, we explored how political exclusion (vs. inclusion) influenced American voters' polarization. In Study 1 (N = 135, 60.7% Female, 61.5% White; Age M = 19.63), young adults were included or excluded in Cyberball
Katarina E. AuBuchon +4 more
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Religious fundamentalism and extremism: A paradigm analysis [PDF]
, 2007 Broadly speaking, the term ‘fundamentalism’ today names a religio-political perspective found in most if not all major religions in the contemporary world.
Pratt, Douglas
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From Groups to Individuals: How Identifiability Reduces Biased Meta‐Perceptions and Polarization
Journal of Applied Social Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Political polarization reflects not only people's attitudes toward rival groups but also their meta‐perceptions—beliefs about how one's group is viewed by the opposing side. These second‐order beliefs are often negatively biased and exaggerated (Lees and Cikara 2020), reinforcing mistrust and perceived division.
Amy Bruck, Ilana Ritov
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