Check out the new special issue in Social Inclusion edited by Miranda Lubbers, Marcin Bukowski, Oliver Christ, Eva Jaspers and Maarten van Zalk!
In recent years, political and social polarization has increased across many societies, evolving from mere issue‐based disagreements into affective polarization, in which citizens dislike and distrust members of opposing groups. This trend undermines social cohesion and the effective functioning of democratic institutions. Despite extensive interdisciplinary research into polarization, the role of social norms—shared expectations about typical and appropriate behavior—in mitigating such divisions remains underexamined. This thematic issue seeks to address this gap by investigating how social norms shape intergroup dynamics in polarized contexts.
In this special issue, you will find articles coauthored by our lab members:
- Testing the Robustness of the Association Between Personal Respect Norms and Tolerance in Polarized Contexts
by: Lucía Estevan-Reina, Laura Frederica Schäfer, Wilma Middendorf, Marcin Bukowski, Maarten van Zalk and Oliver Christ - Mind the Gap! Linking Equality‐Based Respect Norms with General and Specific Tolerance
by: Dominika Gurbisz, Anna Potoczek, Marcin Bukowski, Lucía Estevan-Reina and Oliver Christ - (Micro)Identities in Flux: The Interplay of Polarization and Fragmentation in Polish and European Politics
by: Piotr Kłodkowski, Malgorzata Kossowska and Anna Siewierska
View the full list of articles available in special issue here
Highly recommended!
