Madison's Constitution Under Stress: A Developmental Analysis of Political Polarization
| Autor: | Paul Pierson, Eric Schickler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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| Zdroj: | Annual Review of Political Science. 23:37-58 |
| ISSN: | 1545-1577 1094-2939 |
| DOI: | 10.1146/annurev-polisci-050718-033629 |
| Popis: | We present a “developmental” approach to understanding why rising polarization in the United States has not been self-correcting but instead continues to intensify. Under specified conditions, initial increases in polarization may change the meso-environment, including such features as state parties, the structure of media, and the configuration of interest groups. These shifts can in turn influence other aspects of politics, leading to a further intensification of polarization. This analysis has four important benefits: ( a) It directs our attention to the meso-institutional environment of the American polity; ( b) it clarifies the features of the polity that have traditionally limited the extent and duration of polarization, and the reasons why their contemporary impact may be attenuated; ( c) it helps us analyze asymmetrical, or party-specific, aspects of polarization; and ( d) it provides an analytic foundation that connects discussions of American politics to the comparative politics literature on democratic backsliding. |
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