J 2024

How Does the "Us" versus "Them" Polarization Work? Capturing Political Antagonism with the Political Antagonism Scale

HRBKOVÁ, Lenka, Jakub MACEK a Alena MACKOVÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

How Does the "Us" versus "Them" Polarization Work? Capturing Political Antagonism with the Political Antagonism Scale

Autoři

Vydání

East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures, Thousand Oaks, SAGE Publications, 2024, 0888-3254

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 0.700 v roce 2022

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

DOI

UT WoS

001142381800001

Klíčová slova anglicky

polarization; antagonism; political conflict; survey measurement; Czech Republic

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 5. 6. 2024 09:52, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

This article introduces and validates a Political Antagonism Scale (PAS) aimed at capturing politically motivated antagonism among people in survey research. Recent trends indicate a rise in politically motivated polarization across various countries. This polarization often transcends mere ideological distance, fostering an identity-based "Us" versus "Them" political perspective. Consequently, this transforms the traditional agonistic political competition into a deeply adversarial antagonistic relationship, wherein political counterparts are viewed as enemies. Such conflict dynamics may have serious consequences for democratic politics and should be examined by scholars of political polarization across different political contexts and at different time points. However, a comprehensive survey tool addressing this form of polarization has been lacking. The PAS is designed to capture the complex nature of political antagonism and target individual antagonization towards their political outgroups on the level of social groups, political elites, the media, and everyday life. In addition, we present a regression model identifying potential sources of political antagonism. Our findings highlight the significant association between political antagonization and a prevailing sense of ontological insecurity.

Návaznosti

GA19-24724S, projekt VaV
Název: Politická polarizace v České republice: Případ vícestranického systému
Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Politická polarizace v České republice: Případ vícestranického systému