Considered the gold standard on interest group politics, this widely-used text analyzes
interest groups within the intuitive framework of democratic theory, enabling readers to …

This article provides insights into the driving forces that underpin new forms of political
participation. Digital technologies offer opportunities for engaging in a wide range of civically …

Recent studies have made great strides looking at the implications that the human need for
ontological security has for politics and International Relations. However, less attention has …

The correlation between ideology and partisanship in the mass public has increased in
recent decades amid a climate of persistent and growing elite polarization. Given that core …

The target article by John Jost (2017–this issue) focuses on political ideology (liberalism vs.
conservatism) and its association with personal characteristics, cognitive processing style …

A wealth of research documents the rise of affective polarization, or the increasing disdain
for the out-party in American politics. In this paper, we analyze ANES data from 1988 to 2016 …

In recent years, scholars have argued that the ability of people to choose which channel they
want to watch means that television news is just preaching to the choir, and doesn't change …

Decades ago, research described American political culture in terms of consensus.
Contemporary research, however, reaches opposite conclusions, arguing that the “culture …

Social media provide opportunities to consume and share political news in echo chambers,
but also to communicate with members of political outgroups. Exposure to political …

Within structurally polarized and dynamic contexts, such as the US 2020 presidential
elections, the moralization of individuals' attitudes on a specific topic (eg, climate policy) can …