@article{ref1,
title="Political polarization",
journal="Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America",
year="2007",
author="Dixit, Avinash K. and Weibull, Jörgen W.",
volume="104",
number="18",
pages="7351-7356",
abstract="Failures of government policies often provoke opposite reactions from citizens; some call for a reversal of the policy, whereas others favor its continuation in stronger form. We offer an explanation of such polarization, based on a natural bimodality of preferences in political and economic contexts and consistent with Bayesian rationality.Political polarization entails quite serious risks; political debates get bitter, and the very existence of a civil society may be threatened. Current examples are policies concerning discrimination, immigration, gender, religion, welfare state, human rights, terrorism, civil wars, national sovereignty, and nuclear armament.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0027-8424",
doi="10.1073/pnas.0702071104",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0702071104"
}