Polarization (Social sciences)

The politics of truth in polarized America

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"Alan Levine provides a chronological road map to our disharmonious present moment while also complicating our understanding of "the politics of truth." His essay traces major conceptions of truth in Western philosophy from Socratic skepticism and medieval faith to enlightenment…

The politics of truth in polarized America

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"Alan Levine provides a chronological road map to our disharmonious present moment while also complicating our understanding of "the politics of truth." His essay traces major conceptions of truth in Western philosophy from Socratic skepticism and medieval faith to enlightenment…

Losing to win: why Congressional majorities play politics instea…

by Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), Gelman, Jeremy

fromLegislative politics & policy making

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Most everyone, voters, political scientists, even lawmakers, think Congress is dysfunctional. Instead of solving problems, Democrats and Republicans spend their time playing politics. These days Capitol Hill seems more a place to bicker, not to pass laws. The reality is more com…

Losing to win: why Congressional majorities play politics instea…

by Gelman, Jeremy

fromLegislative politics & policy making

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Most everyone, voters, political scientists, even lawmakers, think Congress is dysfunctional. Instead of solving problems, Democrats and Republicans spend their time playing politics. These days Capitol Hill seems more a place to bicker, not to pass laws. The reality is more com…

Who gets what?: the new politics of insecurity

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"The authors of this timely book, Who Gets What?, harness the expertise from across the social sciences to show how skyrocketing inequality and social dislocation are fracturing the stable political identities and alliances of the postwar era across advanced democracies. Drawing…

Who gets what?: the new politics of insecurity

fromSSRC anxieties of democracy

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The authors of this timely book, Who Gets What?, harness the expertise from across the social sciences to show how skyrocketing inequality and social dislocation are fracturing the stable political identities and alliances of the postwar era across advanced democracies. Drawing …

Who gets what?: the new politics of insecurity

fromSSRC anxieties of democracy

0 Type: Book

"The authors of this timely book, Who Gets What?, harness the expertise from across the social sciences to show how skyrocketing inequality and social dislocation are fracturing the stable political identities and alliances of the postwar era across advanced democracies. Drawing…

Who gets what?: the new politics of insecurity

fromAnxieties of democracy

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"The authors of this timely book, Who Gets What?, harness the expertise from across the social sciences to show how skyrocketing inequality and social dislocation are fracturing the stable political identities and alliances of the postwar era across advanced democracies. Drawing…

Populismus an der Macht: Symbolische Inszenierungen im argentinischen Kirc…

by Goldberger, Bernadette

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Populistische Politik mobilisiert ihre Subjekte mit geteilten Feindbildern. Diese dienen als konstitutives Außen, mit dem einem in sich geschlossen und homogen vorgestellten 'Volk' Kohäsion verliehen wird. Wie aber schaffen es populistische Akteure, die so konstruierte Identität…

New polarizations, old contradictions: the crisis of centrism

fromSocialist register

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The 58th annual volume of the Socialist Register takes up the challenge of exploring how the new polarizations relate to the contradictions that underlie them and how far 'centrist' politics can continue to contain them. Original essays examine the multiplication of antagonistic…

Socialist register: the crisis of centrism

fromSocialist register

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Takes up the challenge of exploring how the new polarizations relate to the contradictions that underlie them and how far 'centrist' politics can continue to contain them. Original essays examine the multiplication of antagonistic national, racial, generational, and other identi…

The tyranny of merit: what's become of the common good?

by Sandel, Michael J.

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These are dangerous times for democracy. We live in an age of winners and losers, where the odds are stacked in favour of the already fortunate. Stalled social mobility and entrenched inequality give the lie to the promise that "you can make it if you try". And the consequence i…

Understanding geographies of polarization and peripheralization: perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe and …

fromNew geographies of Europe

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Spatial disparities in Central and Eastern Europe have been intensifying for more than two decades, yet little is known about the socio-spatial developments leading to these geographical changes. By putting the concepts of polarization and peripheralization at its centre, this b…

Understanding geographies of polarization and peripheralization: perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe and …

fromNew geographies of Europe

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"Spatial disparities in Central and Eastern Europe have been intensifying for more than two decades, yet little is known about the socio-spatial developments leading to these geographical changes. By putting the concepts of polarization and peripheralization at its centre, this …

Understanding geographies of polarization and peripheralization: perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe and …

by Henn, Sebastian, Lang, Thilo, Sgibnev, Wladimir, Ehrlich, Kornelia

fromNew geographies of Europe

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"Spatial disparities in Central and Eastern Europe have been intensifying for more than two decades, yet little is known about the socio-spatial developments leading to these geographical changes. By putting the concepts of polarization and peripheralization at its centre, this …

Understanding geographies of polarization and peripheralization: perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe and …

fromNew geographies of Europe

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"Spatial disparities in Central and Eastern Europe have been intensifying for more than two decades, yet little is known about the socio-spatial developments leading to these geographical changes. By putting the concepts of polarization and peripheralization at its centre, this …

Beyond the abortion wars: a way forward for a new generation

by Camosy, Charles C.

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The abortion debate in the United States is confused. Ratings-driven media coverage highlights extreme views and creates the illusion that we are stuck in a hopeless stalemate. In this book Charles Camosy argues that our polarized public discourse hides the fact that most Americ…

Beyond the abortion wars: a way forward for a new generation

by Camosy, Charles C.

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The abortion debate in the United States is confused. Ratings-driven media coverage highlights extreme views and creates the illusion that we are stuck in a hopeless stalemate. In this book Charles Camosy argues that our polarized public discourse hides the fact that most Americ…