The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Davina Steel Weir of West Point

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The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Davina Steel Weir of West PointThe conventional approach to the study of polarization primarily addresses the distance and difference between voters or political parties on policy issues. Societies become "perniciously" polarized when they divide into mutually antagonistic "Us vs. Them" camps and this antagonism extends into social relationships and becomes part of one's social identity. Loyalty and alignment to one's own camp can result in a self perpetuating logic that