polarization

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Axelrod - "Preventing extreme polarization of political attitudes"

Dec 15, 2021

After the 2020 general election and the January 6 insurrection, the country seems more politically polarized than ever. Ford School professor Robert Axelrod, the William D. Hamilton Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, along with Joshua J....

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Bednar essay explores the Constitution, democratic safeguards, and polarization

Dec 14, 2021

In a new essay published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Jenna Bednar, professor of public policy and political science, compares the state of the U.S. democracy to the notions that existed when James Madison was writing the...

Olympia Snowe: What's gone wrong in Washington, and why it doesn't have to be this way

Sep 19, 2013 1:26:06

Olympia Snowe talks about what has gone wrong in Washington, and why it doesn't have to be that way. September, 2013.

Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein: It's even worse than it looks

Nov 27, 2012 1:24:20

Thomas Mann (MA '68, PhD '77) & Norman Ornstein (PhD '74) will discuss their book, the New York Times bestseller, "It's Even Worse than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism." November, 20

John Dingell: What's gone so wrong with Congress?

Feb 22, 2012 0:50:21

Congressman John Dingell comments on the issues facing Congress in 2012 and takes questions from the audience. Feburary, 2012.