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Have Americans’ Attitudes Become More Polarized? – an Update [PDF]

Objective: I update the analysis of attitudinal polarization originally presented in DiMaggio, Evans and Bryson (DEB) (1996) by using newly available years of survey data.
John H. Evans
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Assessing Policy‐Oriented Learning About Climate‐Related Forest Disturbances in Europe

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT European forests provide multiple ecosystem services but are increasingly under pressure from climate‐related disturbances such as droughts, storms and insect calamities. Forest policy is an important driver for the adaptation of forest management practices to climate change.
Pascal Renaud‐Bernath, Metodi Sotirov, Jens Nilsson, Annica Sandström, Karin Beland Lindahl, Marcin Mielewczyk, Krzysztof Niedziałkowski, Zala Uhan, Špela Pezdevšek Malovrh   +8 more
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Online Incivility, Cyberbalkanization, and the Dynamics of Opinion Polarization During and After a Mass Protest Event

International Journal of Communication, 2019
This study is concerned with the role of persistent online incivility in the dynamics of public opinion polarization. It examines how cyberbalkanization, contentiousness of the political context, online incivility, and opinion polarization at the ...
Francis L.F. Lee, Hai Liang, Gary K. Y. Tang   +2 more
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Affective polarization and democratic backsliding

Evidence is strong that affective polarization and democratic backsliding are interlinked phenomena. But research still examines the causal directions between the two, mediating causal mechanisms, and the relation between individual-level polarization ...
Somer, Murat, McCoy, J., Somer, M.
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Researching Attitude–Identity Dynamics to Understand Social Conflict and Change

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Societies undergo constant change, manifested in various ways such as technological developments, economic transitions, reorganization of cultural values and beliefs, or changes in social structures. Individuals play an active role in shaping social and societal change by interactively negotiating its manifestation.
Adrian Lüders, Mike Quayle, Paul Maher, Ana‐Maria Bliuc, Pádraig MacCarron   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Harnessing Diversity: Majority‐Group Acculturation Predicts Creativity and Flourishing Over Time

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Creativity and flourishing are core aims of higher education (HE) institutions and government initiatives globally. Large‐scale projects have linked creativity and flourishing with cultural diversity, yet their associations with majority‐group acculturation (i.e., how members of dominant culture groups adopt minority‐cultural elements and/or ...
David Colledge, K. Addington‐Lefringhausen, D. Dauber, Y. Zhu, K. H. Kim, N. Ferenczi, J. R. Kunst, T. C. Marshall, H. Zagefka, M. Cristea   +9 more
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Performative Contingency and Affective Polarization

European Journal of Analytic Philosophy
Recent philosophical approaches to affective polarization have moved beyond purely identitarian and emotivist frameworks, emphasizing instead its multi-dimensional structure.
Patrizia Pedrini, Jacopo Marchetti
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Collective Anti‐Mattering: Belief That One's Group Is Being Disregarded Fuels Collective Action and Authoritarian Leadership Support Among Both Advantaged and Disadvantaged Groups

European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Groups are motivated not only by resources and status, but also by whether they matter to others. We introduce collective anti‐mattering, the belief that one's group does not count in the eyes of outgroups or society, and examine its emotional and political consequences.
Nassim Tabri, Isabelle Boutros, Michael J. A. Wohl   +2 more
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Political Projections of the February 6 Earthquake in Türkiye in the Context of Political Competition and Political Polarization

Gazi Akademik Bakış
The healthy functioning of democracy relies on the healthy functioning of political competition. In Türkiye, one of the most significant challenges faced by democracy is that political competition has deviated from its normal democratic boundaries.
Fatih Ertugay
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Replication Data for: Does the Electoral Rule Matter for Political Polarization? The Case of Brazilian Legislative Chambers

Replication Data for: "Does The Electoral Rule Matter for Political Polarization? The Case of Brazilian Legislative Chambers" as published in BPSR, vol.
Rodolpho Bernabel
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