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German Coalition Politics: Between Pluralist Stagnation and Crisis‐Driven Welfare Retrenchment

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The current German coalition government of the centre‐right Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the centre‐left Social Democrats (SPD) has spent its first year in office preparing for a major round of welfare state retrenchment. However, the coalition lacks a coherent political project.
Jörg Michael Dostal
wiley   +1 more source

Everyday Political Agency Online: Reflections on John Boswell, How Citizens Encounter the Democratic State

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Digital democracy needs tools and platforms for people to engage with public life and governance. Yet we know surprisingly little about the political life of this ‘civic technology’ infrastructure. How do citizens make use of these well‐intentioned invitations to participate?
Laszlo Horvath
wiley   +1 more source

Polarization, political

open access: yes, 2016
Polarization has been studied in three different forms: on a social, group, and individual level. This entry first focuses on the undisputed phenomenon of elite polarization (i.e., increasing adherence of policy positions among the elites) and also outlines different approaches to assessing mass polarization (i.e., political positions among the public,
Wojcieszak, M., Mazzoleni, G.
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The Political Polarization Index [PDF]

open access: possibleSSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
American politics have become increasingly polarized in recent decades. To the extent that political polarization introduces uncertainty about economic policy, this pattern may have adversely affected the economy. According to existing theories, a rise in the volatility of fiscal shocks faced by individuals should result in a decline in economic ...
openaire   +1 more source

Political polarization and health

Nature Medicine
In addition to social determinants of health, such as economic resources, education, access to care and various environmental factors, there is growing evidence that political polarization poses a substantial risk to individual and collective well-being. Here we review the impact of political polarization on public health.
Jay J Van Bavel   +3 more
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Polarization and Politics

2010
I’m amazed at some of the really, really painful stories that six-year-olds and seven-year-olds are bringing to school, and the efforts of schools to deal with these things.
Chester E. Finn   +2 more
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SPECIALIZED LEARNING AND POLITICAL POLARIZATION

International Economic Review, 2021
AbstractWhen citizens are differentiated by how much they care about different issues informing policy, specialization allows them to concentrate their learning on the issues that are most important to them. However, as different citizens focus on different issues, the electorate becomes less responsive to party platforms.
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