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Polarization (politics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In politics, polarization is the process by which the public opinion divides and goes to the extremes. It can also refer to when the extreme factions of a political party gain dominance in a party. ...
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Although "ideology" and "polarization" mean that political parties are opposing each other, so what? The nature of politics is to debate issues and what better way to do so than to associate with others of your perspective.
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This paper investigates the merits of different democratic institutions when politics is uni-dimensional, there is uncertainty both about the preferences of the future electorate and the future polarization of political parties, and politicians have better information about the state of the world than voters.
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America's political parties are sharply polarized these days—and some of this polarization extends well beyond the political class to large segments of the mass electorate. As the 2008 presidential race kicks into gear, the political climate certainly is not becoming less polarized.
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By Christian Schultz; Abstract: This paper considers political competition and the consequences of political polarization when parties are better ... Related works:; Working Paper: Political Competition and Polarization (1996); This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.
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We investigate the effects of fiscal transparency and political polarization on the prevalence of electoral cycles in fiscal balance. ... Abstract: We investigate the effects of fiscal transparency and political polarization on the prevalence of electoral cycles in fiscal balance. While some recent political economy...
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Demographic changes also drove the polarization of the political parties. These changes included the migration of blacks to the North; the growth and Republicanization of the Sun Belt; the political mobilization of conservative evangelicals;
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