ISBN:
9780815737216
Language:
English
Pages:
vi, 311 Seiten
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Diagramme
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Democracies divided
DDC:
306.2
Keywords:
Polarization (Social sciences) Case studies Political aspects
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Democracy Case studies Social aspects
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Political culture Case studies
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World politics Case studies 21st century
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Demokratie
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Politische Krise
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Politisches System
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Polarisierung
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Politik
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Dissens
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Politische Kultur
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Gesellschaft
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Entwicklung
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Internationaler Vergleich
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Erde
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Demokratie
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Politische Kultur
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Polarisierung
Abstract:
As one part of the global democratic recession, severe political polarization is increasingly afflicting old and new democracies alike, producing the erosion of democratic norms and rising societal anger. This volume is the first book-length comparative analysis of this troubling global phenomenon, offering in-depth case studies of countries as wide-ranging and important as Brazil, India, Kenya, Poland, Turkey, and the United States. The case study authors are a diverse group of country and regional experts, each with deep local knowledge and experience. Democracies Divided identifies and examines the fissures that are dividing societies and the factors bringing polarization to a boil. In nearly every case under study, political entrepreneurs have exploited and exacerbated long-simmering divisions for their own purposes - in the process undermining the prospects for democratic consensus and productive governance.
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Severe polarization and democratic breakdown
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The Islamist-secularist divide and Turkey's descent into severe polarization
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Persistent ethnic polarization in Kenya
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Severe polarization and democratic stress
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The long path of polarization in the United States
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Hindu nationalism and political polarization in India
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Of "patriots" and citizens : asymmetric populist polarization in Poland
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Elite polarization in relatively homogenous societies
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Colombia's polarizing peace efforts
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Winner takes all : elite power struggles and polarization in Bangladesh
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Staying clear?
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Polarization and democratic decline in Indonesia
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Brazil : when political oligarchies limit polarization but fuel populism
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