Polarization on the rise, confidence on the decline
Today, polarization has a less empirical and more political-affective ingredient that distinguishes it from the past and makes it a structural problem of today’s democracies.
Peruvian polarization is a heightened reflection of the region
What is more difficult, to govern with a program that identifies itself as Marxist in a globalized world or to achieve a minimum consensus for governance in an election where two antagonistic programs divide the electorate equally?
21st Century: Polarization in America
Co-author Ana Carola Traverso-Krejcarek
The pandemic turned the world upside down, shook institutions, generated new social conflicts and deepened existing ones. Diverse political systems were affected with ideological polarization, the emergence and strengthening of extremes.
Bolivia: without a compass to navigate and its demons lurking
“This Committee will not rest until it sees behind bars these human beasts (Western-Indians) unworthy of being called citizens; settlers who bite the hand of this land (East) that opens its arms to them to get them out of poverty, and they will pay for this affront”. These were the words of Romulo Calvo, the president of the pro-Santa Cruz civic committee.