The Ideological and Non-Ideological Determinants of Affective Polarization: A Cross-National Study of Thirty Six Democracies

• In Event: Parties and partisanship

Brief Overview

I study the determinants of affective polarization in party systems. I find that ideological and affective polarization are positively correlated, but several non-ideological factors should also be considered to explain cross-national variation.

Author

• Andres Reiljan, European University Institute