Polarization, or a tendency toward the extremes, is a matter of degrees and frequently vexes free and democratic government. The hyper-polarization that disfigures American politics today -- the ...

Polarization is often created by political elites aiming to gain popularity, but it can also be caused by social conflicts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Could the two political sides find common ground at last? JakeOlimb/DigitalVision Vectors via Getty Images The sharp increase in ...

For the first time, the United States has been classified as a “backsliding democracy” in a global assessment of democratic societies by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral ...

This volume of essays focuses on the rise of inequality in advanced economies, a phenomenon typically attributed to two forces: technical change that has favored well-educated, highly skilled workers ...