Affective polarization and social cohesion
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- dc.contributor.author Torcal, Mariano
- dc.contributor.author Stolle, Dietlind
- dc.contributor.author Thomson, Zoe A.
- dc.date.accessioned 2025-10-21T09:22:17Z
- dc.date.available 2025-10-21T09:22:17Z
- dc.date.issued 2025
- dc.date.updated 2025-10-21T09:22:17Z
- dc.description.abstract Social cohesion is an important prerequisite for the health of democracies. In this chapter, we consider how political norms of competition in democratic settings can become detrimental to societies afflicted by affective polarization by deteriorating social trust and tolerance and increasing social discrimination. We theorize that the deterioration of social cohesion will follow as partisan identities become ever more relevant criteria in people's social categorization of themselves and others, thereby strengthening political norms of competition and potentially overpowering social norms of cooperation. We discuss the theoretical foundations of this argument, provide some empirical evidence of the underlying mechanism using data from five countries, and identify some limitations and avenues for future research.
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- dc.identifier.citation Torcal M, Stolle D, Thomson ZA. Affective polarization and social cohesion. In: Torcal M, Harteveld E, editors. Handbook of affective polarization. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.; 2025. p. 372-87. DOI: 10.4337/9781035310609.00040
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781035310609.00040
- dc.identifier.isbn 9781035310593
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/71604
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Edward Elgar Publishing
- dc.relation.ispartof Torcal M, Harteveld E, editors. Handbook of affective polarization. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.; 2025. p. 372-87
- dc.relation.ispartofseries Political science and public policy
- dc.rights © The Editors and Contributors Severally 2025. This is an open access work distributed under the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) license.
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- dc.subject.keyword Affective polarization
- dc.subject.keyword Out-party hostility
- dc.subject.keyword Social trust
- dc.subject.keyword Social discrimination
- dc.subject.keyword Social norms
- dc.title Affective polarization and social cohesion
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