Politicians may have good reason to turn to angry rhetoric, according to research led by political scientists from Colorado—the strategy seems to work, at least in the short term.
Political science
Jul 19, 2021
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Political institutions such as the timing of elections and presidentialism had a larger influence on COVID-19 strategies than the institutions organizing national healthcare, according to a research team led by a professor ...
Political science
Jun 23, 2021
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Since the 1950s, political scientists have theorized that political polarization—increased numbers of "political partisans" who view the world with an ideological bias—is associated with an inability to tolerate uncertainty ...
Political science
May 14, 2021
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The media has been rife with stories about democracy in decline: the recent coup in Myanmar, the ascent of strongman Narendra Modi in India, and of course ex-President Trump's attempts to overturn the U.S. presidential election—all ...
Archaeology
Feb 18, 2021
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Climate disasters started early in 2020—and kept on coming.
Environment
Jan 6, 2021
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Liberalism and conservatism are associated with qualitatively different psychological concerns, notably those linked to morality, shows a new study.
Political science
Nov 11, 2020
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Is the pandemic the most important election issue this year? That depends on whom you ask. Those who say that it is tend to favor overwhelmingly (82 percent) Joseph R. Biden, the Democratic Party nominee, yet only 24 percent ...
Social Sciences
Nov 2, 2020
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With concerns rising over a potentially contested presidential election next week, a new study by Stanford researchers suggests that worries over one type of election-day fraud are overblown: ballots cast in the name of dead ...
Political science
Oct 30, 2020
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For anthropologists and other social scientists, the space race in the 1950s served as a period of cultural and technological transformation as well as an opportunity to advance the public good. Space exploration marked a ...
Social Sciences
Oct 20, 2020
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How can we reduce food waste? Although the Swiss population are aware of the problem, they misjudge where most food waste is generated, ETH political scientists conclude. The general public support cutting food waste, even ...
Environment
Sep 18, 2020
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