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Title Democracies divided : the global challenge of political polarization / edited by Thomas Carothers, Andrew O'Donohue
Published Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 311 pages)
Contents Severe polarization and democratic breakdown -- The Islamist-secularist divide and Turkey's descent into severe polarization / Senem Ayd'n-Düzgit -- Persistent ethnic polarization in Kenya / Gilbert M. Khadiagala -- Severe polarization and democratic stress -- The long path of polarization in the United States / Thomas Carothers -- Hindu nationalism and political polarization in India / Niranjan Sahoo -- Of "patriots" and citizens : asymmetric populist polarization in Poland / Joanna Fomina -- Elite polarization in relatively homogeneous societies -- Colombia's polarizing peace efforts / Andreas E. Feldmann -- Winner takes all : elite power struggles and polarization in Bangladesh / Naomi Hossain -- Staying clear? -- Polarization and democratic decline in Indonesia / Eve Warburton -- Brazil : when political oligarchies limit polarization but fuel populism -- Umberto Mignozzetti and Matias Spektor
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 19, 2019)
Subject Polarization (Social sciences) -- Political aspects -- Case studies
Democracy -- Social aspects -- Case studies
Political culture -- Case studies
World politics -- 21st century -- Case studies
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy.
Democracy -- Social aspects
Political culture
World politics
Genre/Form Case studies
Form Electronic book
Author Carothers, Thomas, 1956- editor.
O'Donohue, Andrew, editor.
LC no. 2019981199
ISBN 081573722X
9780815737223