Political polarization: Challenges, opportunities, and hope for consumer welfare, marketers, and public policy

TJ Weber, C Hydock, W Ding… - Journal of Public …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Political polarization is a marked political division in the population, characterized by
multiple manifestations. The authors argue that it can affect consumer psychology, which in …

Importing political polarization? The electoral consequences of rising trade exposure

D Autor, D Dorn, G Hanson, K Majlesi - American Economic Review, 2020 - aeaweb.org
Has rising import competition contributed to the polarization of US politics? Analyzing
multiple measures of political expression and results of congressional and presidential …

[CITATION][C] Polarization: What Everyone Needs to Know

N McCarty - 2019 - books.google.com
The 2016 election of Donald J. Trump invoked a time for reflection about the state of
American politics and its deep ideological, cultural, racial, regional, and economic divisions …

[BOOK][B] Laboratories against democracy: How national parties transformed state politics

J Grumbach - 2022 - books.google.com
As national political fights are waged at the state level, democracy itself pays the price Over
the past generation, the Democratic and Republican parties have each become nationally …

Understanding and reducing biases in elite beliefs about the electorate

MM Pereira - American Political Science Review, 2021 - cambridge.org
To be responsive, politicians have to rely on beliefs about public will. Previous research
suggests that perceptions of public opinion are often distorted. However, it remains unclear …

Inequality's economic and social roots: the role of social networks and homophily

MO Jackson - Available at SSRN 3795626, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
I discuss economic and social sources of inequality and elaborate on the role of social
networks in inequality, economic immobility, and economic inefficiencies. The lens of social …

[BOOK][B] Who wants to run?: How the devaluing of political office drives polarization

AB Hall - 2019 - books.google.com
The growing ideological gulf between Democrats and Republicans is one of the biggest
issues in American politics today. Our legislatures, composed of members from two sharply …

Is divisive politics making Americans sick? Associations of perceived partisan polarization with physical and mental health outcomes among adults in the United …

SS Nayak, T Fraser, C Panagopoulos, DP Aldrich… - Social Science & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To investigate whether changes in perceived partisan polarization since the 2016
US presidential election and current perceptions of polarization are associated with the …

[BOOK][B] Hometown inequality: Race, class, and representation in American local politics

BF Schaffner, JH Rhodes, RJ La Raja - 2020 - books.google.com
Local governments play a central role in American democracy, providing essential services
such as policing, water, and sanitation. Moreover, Americans express great confidence in …

[BOOK][B] Citizen knowledge: Markets, experts, and the infrastructure of democracy

L Herzog - 2023 - books.google.com
Many democratic societies currently struggle with issues around knowledge: fake news,
distrust of experts, a fear of technocratic tendencies. In Citizen Knowledge, Lisa Herzog …