One Speech by This 90s Literary Giant Holds the Key to Ending Polarization in America
Political scientist Alexander George Theodoridis, an assistant professor at the University of California, Merced, is an expert on the hyper-polarized climate. He wrote in Scientific American, “My own research repeatedly shows that partisanship for many Americans today takes the form of a visceral, even subconscious, attachment to a party group.”
The consequences are that politicians are rewarded by their base for obstructionism, while punished for working … [ Read more ]
Author: Philip Perry | Source: Big Think (June 6, 2017) | Subjects: Articles & Links, Excerpts, Life & Society, Politics & Public Policy