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pernicious polarization: a standalone construct

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Comparative politics

polarization that divides a society into two mutually distrustful camps along a single dimension, threatening democratic norms.

In comparative politics, pernicious polarization refers to polarization that divides a society into two mutually distrustful camps along a single dimension, threatening democratic norms. This meaning comes from McCoy (2018) in The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.[1]

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References

McCoy, J., & Somer, M. (2018). Toward a Theory of Pernicious Polarization and How It Harms Democracies: Comparative Evidence and Possible Remedies. The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 681(1), 234-271. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716218818782

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