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23. “Polarization” Is Not the Problem. It Obscures the Problem – with Shannon McGregor

Is This Democracy

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The Politics of Unity and Stability in US History

CNN's John Sutter talks to CNN iReport about the role of polarization in U.S. politics. He says political scientists should be more concerned with social cohesion and stability than power. "I wish everyone who's just about all about unity and stability, we just think for a second about what those periods of relative unity and stability have looked like"

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