Popular Problems: Affective Polarization, Material Convergence

• In Event: Retheorizing Political Parties

Brief Overview

The consequences of polarization for democracy are contested (Kreiss, McGregor, 2023). Still, elites agree on maintaining the wealth status-quo—what Winters (2017) terms ‘wealth defense’. How does this convergence complicate polarization?

Authors

• Amir Fleischmann, University of Michigan

• Eugenia Quintanilla, University of Michigan