ISBN:
9781108914123
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (85 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Cambridge elements: Elements in American politics
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.0973
Keywords:
Geschichte 1990-2020
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Polarization (Social sciences) / United States
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Polarization (Social sciences) / Cross-cultural studies
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Right and left (Political science) / United States
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Political parties / United States
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Spaltung
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Politik
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Gesellschaft
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Polarisierung
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United States / Politics and government / 1989-
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USA
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USA
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Politik
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Polarisierung
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Gesellschaft
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Spaltung
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Geschichte 1990-2020
Abstract:
American political observers express increasing concern about affective polarization, i.e., partisans' resentment toward political opponents. We advance debates about America's partisan divisions by comparing affective polarization in the US over the past 25 years with affective polarization in 19 other western publics. We conclude that American affective polarization is not extreme in comparative perspective, although Americans' dislike of partisan opponents has increased more rapidly since the mid-1990s than in most other Western publics. We then show that affective polarization is more intense when unemployment and inequality are high; when political elites clash over cultural issues such as immigration and national identity; and in countries with majoritarian electoral institutions. Our findings situate American partisan resentment and hostility in comparative perspective, and illuminate correlates of affective polarization that are difficult to detect when examining the American case in isolation
DOI:
10.1017/9781108914123
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108914123
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