Fight or unite? Exploring the link between consensus institutions, polarization, and political violence in 113 democracies over time (1900–2023)
International Political Science Review
Published online on August 16, 2025
Abstract
International Political Science Review, Volume 47, Issue 3, Page 403-420, June 2026.
Political violence poses an alarming threat to contemporary democracies and is often attributed to rising polarization. This paper investigates how democratic institutions moderate the relationship between identity-based polarization and violence, ...
Political violence poses an alarming threat to contemporary democracies and is often attributed to rising polarization. This paper investigates how democratic institutions moderate the relationship between identity-based polarization and violence, ...