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[37] [38] [39] Media and political figures began espousing the narrative of polarization in the early 1990s, with a notable example being Pat Buchanan's speech at the 1992 Republican National Convention. In the speech, he declared a culture war for the future of the country. In 1994, the Democratic Party lost control of the House of ...
The Cold War period was widely understood as one of bipolarity with the USA and the USSR as the world's two superpowers, whereas the end of the Cold War led to unipolarity with the US as the world's sole superpower in the 1990s and 2000s. Scholars have debated how to characterize the current international system.
The 1990s (often referred and shortened to as "the '90s" or "the Nineties") was the decade that began on 1 January 1990, and ended on 31 December 1999. Known as the "post-Cold War decade", the 1990s were culturally imagined as the period from the Revolutions of 1989 until the September 11 attacks in 2001. [1]
The divided states of America: Florida, California, and the future of political polarization. Noah Bierman. November 17, 2022 at 7:14 AM ... USA TODAY Sports.
"Political polarization along the rural-urban continuum? The geography of the presidential vote, 2000–2016." The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 672.1 (2017): 162-184. Shea, Daniel, and Nicholas F. Jacobs. The rural voter: The politics of place and the disuniting of America (Columbia UP, 2023). onlone
In other words, engagement in civic life actually serves to narrow one’s perspective on the world. That hardly recommends today’s politics, and goes a long way toward explaining why many ...
Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush will join an effort to commemorate America's 250th anniversary in 2026, highlighting the initiative's attempts to build bipartisan momentum in an ...
Political polarization can help transform or disrupt the status quo, sometimes addressing injustices or imbalances in a popular vs. oligarchic struggle. [107] [108] Political polarization can serve to unify, invigorate, or mobilize potential allies at the elite and mass levels. It can also help to divide, weaken, or pacify competitors.