A critique of the polarisation narrative
Expanding the Limits of Democracy, Parties and Political Participation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6249986 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juan Roch (0000-0001-5763-7406), Daniel Balinhas (0000-0003-1386-8215), Aurelien Mondon (0000-0002-3453-7821, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2026-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Political Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1470-8914 • E-ISSN: 1476-9336 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/s41296-025-00779-4 |
| OpenAlex | W4416912000 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 56 |
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The Principles of Representative Government
Polarización en periódicos españoles
A new perspective on intergroup conflict
Echo Chamber and Polarization in Social Media
Researching and Understanding Far-Right Politics in Times of Mainstreaming
What's in a buzzword? A systematic review of the state of populism research in political science
Social identity networks
Polarization
Divided opinion
Is Protest Only Negative? Examining the Effect of Emotions and Affective Polarization on Protest Behaviour
Platform power and regulatory politics
Social Polarization in Metropolitan Areas
Affective Polarization in Political and Nonpolitical Settings
Communication and democratic erosion
Ruling the Void
Populism, the media, and the mainstreaming of the far right
Populism and representative politics in contemporary Europe
Really existing liberalism, the bulwark fantasy, and the enabling of reactionary, far right politics1
Post-fascism’, or how the far right talks about itself
What Is Populism
Brief History of Neoliberalism
(Mis)estimating Affective Polarization
A Longitudinal Study on the Dynamic Relationship Between Affective Polarization and Radical Right’s Emergence
Grounding Citizenship
Perceptions of the ‘mainstream’ and the mainstreaming of the far right
Polarization versus Democracy
Let's Argue
United we stand, divided we rule
Does Affective Polarization Undermine Democratic Norms or Accountability? Maybe Not
Fear and Loathing across Party Lines
Is Affective Polarization Driven by Identity, Loyalty, or Substance
Does Austerity Cause Polarization
Political Polarization and Political Violence
The Origins and Consequences of Affective Polarization in the United States
Affect, Not Ideology
Toward an integrative social identity model of collective action
Interventions to reduce partisan animosity
Interventions reducing affective polarization do not necessarily improve anti-democratic attitudes
The right to the city
Affective polarization and the salience of elections
The poles in polarization
Polarisation, identity and affect - conceptualising affective polarisation in multi-party systems
Expressive Partisanship
Paradoxes of Polarization
Rethinking the Public Sphere
Is populism a social pathology? The myth of immediacy and its effects
How algorithms are reshaping the exploitation of labour-power
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |