How does polarization affect the ability of political systems to address pressing societal challenges?

This Polarization Index was created to help us better understand how polarized the American public is really. Grasping the ways in which we are polarized – to ... May 4, 2021 ... ... Polarization Index (API). API relies on people's like-dislike evaluations of parties and also accounts for party size. This allows for ... Jul 20, 2024 ... Although the topic of opinion polarization receives much attention from the media, public opinion researchers and political scientists, the ... Jun 28, 2016 ... The polarization index was defined in Section 2. A convenient feature of this index is that it allows for construction of a global ranking over ... In this case the polarization index is equal to 0. This is because for this distribution, the income share of the bottom 50 percent is 0.5; Gini coefficient is ... • The relative distribution approach includes a median relative polarization index (MRP), ... This method can compute the degree of association between a small ... Abstract and Figures ... This paper aims to elaborate the polarization-index (PI) which is calculated as log10(Zone 1/Zone 2∗Zone 3∗100), where Zones 1–3 refer to ... Jun 12, 2019 ... The training intensity distribution (TID) of endurance athletes has retrieved substantial scientific interest since it reflects a vital ... The polarization index shown in panel b captures the existence of a few ... from 0 (no polarization) to 1 (full polarization). The sample of countries ... Oct 28, 2013 ... PI is a good indication of winding contamination, moisture ingress (leakage currents), and/or bulk insulation damage (conduction currents).