Is Polarization a Myth?
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 70, Heft 2, S. 542-555
ISSN: 0022-3816
In: The journal of politics: JOP, Band 70, Heft 2, S. 542-555
ISSN: 0022-3816
In: Political communication, Band 33, Heft 2, S. 261
ISSN: 1058-4609
In: Political communication: an international journal, Band 33, Heft 2, S. 261-282
ISSN: 1091-7675
In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
"Gatekeeping, Technology, and Polarization" published on by Oxford University Press.
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In: Oxford scholarship online
In: Political Science
This title explains the feedback loop that generates ever-increasing polarisation - the signature feature of contemporary American politics. This loop is powered by the discipline exerted by the respective political parties and their activists on both their Congressional members and their district candidates. The authors show that tight party discipline produces party delegations in Congress that are widely separated from one another but each ideologically concentrated - in a word, polarised.
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We provide commentaries on the papers included in the Dynamics of Political Polarization Special Feature. Baldassarri reads the contribution of the papers in light of the theoretical distinction between ideological partisanship, which is generally rooted in sociodemographic and political cleavages, and affective partisanship, which is, instead, mostly fueled by emotional attachment and repulsion, rather than ideology and material interests. The latter, she argues, is likely to lead to a runaway process and threaten the pluralistic bases of contemporary democracy. Page sees the contribution of the many distinct models in the ensemble as potentially contributing more than the parts. Individual papers identify distinct causes of polarization as well as potential solutions. Viewed collectively, the papers suggest that the multiple causes of polarization may self-reinforce, which suggests that successful interventions would require a variety of efforts. Understanding how to construct such interventions may require larger models with greater realism.
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In: The journal of political philosophy, Band 10, Heft 2, S. 175-195
ISSN: 0963-8016
In: International security, Band 33, Heft 1, S. 170-173
ISSN: 0162-2889
In: International security, Band 33, Heft 1, S. 170-173
ISSN: 1531-4804
In: Annual review of political science, Band 16, S. 101-127
ISSN: 1545-1577
This article examines if the emergence of more partisan media has contributed to political polarization and led Americans to support more partisan policies and candidates. Congress and some newer media outlets have added more partisan messages to a continuing supply of mostly centrist news. Although political attitudes of most Americans have remained fairly moderate, evidence points to some polarization among the politically involved. Proliferation of media choices lowered the share of less interested, less partisan voters and thereby made elections more partisan. But evidence for a causal link between more partisan messages and changing attitudes or behaviors is mixed at best. Measurement problems hold back research on partisan selective exposure and its consequences. Ideologically one-sided news exposure may be largely confined to a small, but highly involved and influential, segment of the population. There is no firm evidence that partisan media are making ordinary Americans more partisan. Adapted from the source document.
We study political polarization in a parliamentary setting dominated by strong parties. In addition to examining polarization along the left-right dimension, we consider political divergence between legislators belonging to the same political bloc. Are politicians' background characteristics unimportant when parties have powerful tools to discipline their rank-and-file? We investigate this question using legislative speech from the Norwegian Parliament and recently developed techniques for measuring group differences in high-dimensional choices. Across the background characteristics we consider — gender, age, urbanicity, and class background — we document substantial differences in speech, even when comparing legislators from the same party bloc and policy committee. Our results illuminate how individual legislators shape policymaking in party-centered environments.
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