by Grace Voll | Oct 22, 2021 | Suffolk University
Repetitive calls for unity, compassion, and empathy for others are uttered daily by our most prominent leaders in the United States. We are experiencing levels of hyper-polarization, incivility, and distrust in one and another, and our government, at rates like never...
by Frances Fields | Oct 13, 2021 | University of Georgia
While there is hope for America’s future as a democracy, there are serious democratic backsliding issues at the present moment. Increased polarization is widely accepted as a pre-cursor to this backsliding. Polarization can have a large variety of causes, but in...
by Darcy Jones | Oct 13, 2021 | University of Georgia
The recent introduction of vaccine mandates to states and workplaces across the United States has only served to further the political polarization in the country, pushing it into the direction of democratic erosion. Many citizens are losing faith in the government to...
by Maegan Taback | Oct 13, 2021 | University of Georgia
The United States is more populist than we think. Populism is on the rise, and many Americans have neglected the influence of populist leaders. The growth in populism is a main contributor in the increasing polarization that we see occurring in the United States. The...
by Joshua Emmanuel Ramos | Jun 29, 2021 | University of the Philippines, Diliman
Some nation-states around the world have gone through intense polarization, democracies included. The United States, because of recent events such as the Capitol Insurrection, is an apt example of polarization’s corrosive effects on democracy. Mason examined...
