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“monitorial citizenship” is a dominant form of citizenship in the modern age. Instead of expecting citizens to be interested in every aspect of politics or civics, Schudson argues, it’s more reasonable to ask them to monitor issues they’re concerned with and knowledgeable about.

programme. À la faveur de cet affaiblissement du clivage gauche/droite, d’autres distinctions alternatives ont été convoquées. Elles ont toutes pour point commun d’emprunter à la morale ou à une sociologie passablement moralisée, mais toujours dans l’esquive d’un positionnement dans des coordonnées politiques. On a vu fleurir ces dernières années

La construction d’un champ politique clivé non pas entre des progressistes (ou des « libéraux », au sens américain du terme) plus ou moins radicaux, et des conservateurs plus ou moins décidés, entre l’électorat du parti démocrate et celui du parti républicain (ou, en termes européens, entre la gauche et la droite), mais entre un centre modéré et

Large-scale studies around the world have shown that the anti-establishment message of populists resonates the most with highly antagonistic people.35 Physiologically, those who tend to have an antagonistic orientation toward others find anti-establishment messaging particularly emotionally arousing. This downward spiral of antagonism toward others

Liberals might detest the language that Trump and Vance use to demonize immigrants. But blue America practices its own version of scarcity politics. Zoning regulations in liberal states and cities that restrict housing supply have increased costs far more than the recent influx of immigrants. These restrictions exacerbated an affordability crisis

For reasons that need no repetition, the individual’s public preference depends on Ye, the expected level of the public opposition, and on x, his private preference. Given that his incentive to support the opposition varies directly with Ye and inversely with x, there is a critical value of Ye at which he will abandon the government for the