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Performative Contingency and Affective Polarization

open access: yesEuropean 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
doaj   +1 more source

Ethnic polarization and the duration of civil wars [PDF]

open access: yes
The authors analyze the relationship between ethnic polarization and the duration of civil wars. Several recent papers have argued that the uncertainty about the relative power of the contenders in a war will tend to increase its duration.
Reynal-Querol, Marta, Montalvo, Jose G.
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The Role of Trade Unions in Environmental Governance: Exploring Workers Legitimacy Judgments

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Trade unions are increasingly expected to play a role in sustainability transitions, but their legitimacy as environmental governance actors remains underexplored. Our study uses a multidimensional framework to examine how workers, both union members and non‐members, evaluate trade union legitimacy “from below.” This framework distinguishes ...
Urša Golob   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Demo 24-07 Polarization by Scattering

open access: yes, 2001
Light is polarized when it scatters from materials like air or water. This demonstration shows some of the properties of this polarization, using the apparatus of Figure 1, in which the light beam passes through a water tank into which a small amount ...

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Researching Attitude–Identity Dynamics to Understand Social Conflict and Change

open access: yesEuropean 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   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Affective polarization and democratic backsliding

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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.
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Generation and characterization of polarization scrambled optical signals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Controlling the state of polarization of a light beam of an optical fiber is of crucial importance. Non-Linear Polarization Pulling (NLPP) is an all-optical way to control the state of polarization of signals which has been proposed in recent years ...
Pegoraro, Alex
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Harnessing Diversity: Majority‐Group Acculturation Predicts Creativity and Flourishing Over Time

open access: yesEuropean 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   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Political Projections of the February 6 Earthquake in Türkiye in the Context of Political Competition and Political Polarization

open access: yesGazi 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
doaj   +1 more source

Collective Anti‐Mattering: Belief That One's Group Is Being Disregarded Fuels Collective Action and Authoritarian Leadership Support Among Both Advantaged and Disadvantaged Groups

open access: yesEuropean 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   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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