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Democracies Divided
The Global Challenge of Political Polarization
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2019
Summary
A must-read for anyone concerned about the fate of contemporary democracies.Steven Levitsky, co-author of How Democracies Die
2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
Why divisions have deepened and what can be done to heal them
As one part of the global democratic recession, severe political polarization is increasingly afflicting old and new democracies alike, producing the erosion of democratic norms and rising societal anger. This volume is the first book-length comparative analysis of this troubling global phenomenon, offering in-depth case studies of countries as wide-ranging and important as Brazil, India, Kenya, Poland, Turkey, and the United States. The case study authors are a diverse group of country and regional experts, each with deep local knowledge and experience.
Democracies Divided identifies and examines the fissures that are dividing societies and the factors bringing polarization to a boil. In nearly every case under study, political entrepreneurs have exploited and exacerbated long-simmering divisions for their own purposesin the process undermining the prospects for democratic consensus and productive governance.
But this book is not simply a diagnosis of what has gone wrong. Each case study discusses actions that concerned citizens and organizations are taking to counter polarizing forces, whether through reforms to political parties, institutions, or the media. The book’s editors distill from the case studies a range of possible ways for restoring consensus and defeating polarization in the world’s democracies.
Timely, rigorous, and accessible, this book is of compelling interest to civic activists, political actors, scholars, and ordinary citizens in societies beset by increasingly rancorous partisanship.
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Copyright year
2019
ISBN-Print
978-0-8157-3721-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-8157-3722-3
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
backcover1
Product type
Edited Book
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Table of Contents No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
The Islamist-Secularist Divide and Turkey's Descent into Severe Polarization No access
Persistent Ethnic Polarization in Kenya No access
The Long Path of Polarization in the United States No access
Hindu Nationalism and Political Polarization in India No access
Of "Patriots" and Citizens: Asymmetric Populist Polarization in Poland No access
Colombia's Polarizing Peace Efforts No access
Winner Takes All: Elite Power Struggles and Polarization in Bangladesh No access
Polarization and Democratic Decline in Indonesia No access
Brazil: When Political Oligarchies Limit Polarization but Fuel Populism No access
