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(Extreme) political polarization and party patronage [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The contemporary literature on political parties has identified their gradual but consistent shift away from civil society and towards the state. As parties are becoming ever increasingly dependent on state resources and exclusively interested in ...
Spirova, M.   +5 more
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Political Polarization During the COVID-19 Pandemic

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science, 2021
Affective polarization has increased substantially in the United States and countries of Europe over the last decades and the ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic have the potential to drastically reinforce such polarization.
Sebastian Jungkunz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The great divide: drivers of polarization in the US public

open access: yesEPJ Data Science, 2020
Many democratic societies have become more politically polarized, with the U.S. being the main example. The origins of this phenomenon are still not well-understood and subject to debate.
Lucas Böttcher, Hans Gersbach
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The virus of polarization: online debates about Covid-19 in Germany

open access: yesPolitical Research Exchange, 2023
To what extent do online debates display features of political polarization and in how far does polarization pose a problem for democracy? We zoom in on affective polarization: the formation of societal groups with hostile feelings towards each other ...
Fabiana Schmid   +2 more
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Polarization and Political Selection

open access: yes, 2019
Center for Law & Economics Working Paper Series, 10 ...
Yu, Tinghua, Ash, Elliott
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Competing activists—Political polarization [PDF]

open access: yesPhysica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2020
Recent empirical findings suggest that societies have become more polarized in various countries. That is, the median voter of today represents a smaller fraction of society compared to two decades ago and yet, the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are not fully understood. Since interactions between influential actors ("activists") and voters play
Böttcher, Lucas   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

From Polarization to Hate: Portrait of the Spanish Political Meme

open access: yes, 2021
Political polarization in Spain has been aggravated by a left-wing coalition government and the rise of the extreme right in the context of health and economic crisis created by COVID-19.
Paz Rebollo, María Antonia   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Interpretative Polarization across Platforms: How Political Disagreement Develops Over Time on Facebook, Twitter, and WhatsApp

open access: yesSocial Media + Society, 2020
Political polarization, seen as a key threat to contemporary democracy, has been tied to the rise of digital social media. However, how this process develops in the context of a social media environment characterized by multiple platforms—with differing ...
Neta Kligler-Vilenchik   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Disinformation and political polarization: A pernicious association [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Political polarization can have pernicious consequences for democracy. Disinformation has been theorized to contribute to turning political polarization pernicious but the connection has not been thoroughly examined.
Brodén, Hanna
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Aspects of Polarization: Discussion about the Political Mood in American Society

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Political Science, 2017
The article considers the expression of political polarization in American society at the present stage and reflection of these processes in the American social and political thought.
A Yu Bykov
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