{"id":3502512,"date":"2024-07-18T23:34:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T23:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/?post_type=product&#038;p=3502512"},"modified":"2024-10-08T22:07:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T22:07:15","slug":"deep-dive-political-polarization","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/product\/deep-dive-political-polarization\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Dive: Surviving Political Polarization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearly half of the world\u2019s human population has the right to vote in 2024 \u2013 a testament to the spread of democracies in just the last couple of centuries and the progress marginalized groups within democratic nations have made in just the last couple of centuries. And yet surveys across many countries show that political polarization \u2013 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the divergence of political attitudes away from the center and toward ideological extremes \u2013 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is on the rise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When polarization becomes toxic it often leads to political violence and greatly hampers the ability of societies to address critical issues. Worsening environmental and social crises like climate change, resource constraints, and economic inequality can both exacerbate political polarization and literally make the stakes a life or death proposition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Deep Dive will:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore why societies become polarized, unpack the dangers of polarization and the ways it tears societies apart, and trace the causes and history of polarization in the U.S.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Address common drivers and dynamics of polarization across the globe, and ways that \u201cpolitical entrepreneurs\u201d feed or combat toxic polarization.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highlight concrete examples of community and society-wide approaches to reverse the spread of polarization and create meaningful dialogue, engagement, and collaboration across differences.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Provide opportunities to share and learn from peers also concerned with how to survive, if not reverse, polarization in our own communities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share a set of curated resources for further study and to take meaningful action in your own life.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><small>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/es\/fotos\/textil-de-rayas-azules-rojas-y-blancas-ygPp6noGQiA\">Unsplash<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly half of the world\u2019s human population has the right to vote in 2024 \u2013 a testament to the spread of democracies in just the last couple of centuries and the progress marginalized groups within democratic nations have made in just the last couple of centuries. 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