Statistical Mechanics of Political Polarization [PDF]
Entropy, 2022 Rapidly increasing political polarization threatens democracies around the world. Scholars from several disciplines are assessing and modeling polarization antecedents, processes, and consequences. Social systems are complex and networked. Their constant
Miron Kaufman +2 more
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An Agent-Based Statistical Physics Model for Political Polarization: A Monte Carlo Study [PDF]
Entropy, 2023 World-wide, political polarization continues unabated, undermining collective decision-making ability. In this issue, we have examined polarization dynamics using a (mean-field) model borrowed from statistical physics, assuming that each individual ...
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Political polarization: a curse of knowledge? [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 PurposeCould the curse of knowledge influence how antagonized we are towards political outgroups? Do we assume others know what we know but still disagree with us?
Peter Beattie, Marguerite Beattie
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Frontiers: Polarized America: From Political Polarization to Preference Polarization
Marketing Science, 2023 This paper investigates whether the polarization of political ideology extends to consumers’ preferences, intentions, and purchases.
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Income Inequality and Global Political Polarization: The Economic Origin of Political Polarization in the World. [PDF]
J Chin Polit Sci, 2022 Both income inequality and political polarization have increased dramatically in much of the world over the past few decades. One might wonder how these two phenomena correlate with each other. Are there any striking similarities in the correlated patterns of income inequality and polarization across the globe?
Gu Y, Wang Z.
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The dynamics of political polarization. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2021 Levin SA, Milner HV, Perrings C.
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Political Polarization and Wellbeing: Investigating Potential Intrapersonal Harm From Affective Polarization [PDF]
International Review of Social PsychologyAffective polarization—antipathy towards members of one’s political out-group—may pose challenges to social cohesion and personal wellbeing. Prior studies have suggested that one’s affective polarization may cause intrapersonal harm as well as ...
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Cognitive distortions are associated with increasing political polarization [PDF]
Communications PsychologyPolitical polarization has increased over the past decade to the point of endangering our self-governance and democratic institutions. The thought patterns that characterize political polarization bear a striking similarity to cognitive distortions, a ...
Andy Edinger +3 more
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The nonlinear feedback dynamics of asymmetric political polarization [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021 Naomi Ehrich Leonard +2 more
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An essay on political polarization [PDF]
Zbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu, 2023 In the paper, the author tries to answer the question, what are the sources of polarization in modern authoritarian states (that are procedurally democratic), and what are the key differences (points of conflict) bet ween the polarized parties?
Perić-Diligenski Tijana D.
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