Mass Polarization across Time and Space

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Title Page
Imprints Page
Mass Polarization across Time and Space
	Contents
	1 Mass Polarization in Comparative Politics: Concepts and Challenges
		1.1 A Group-Based Conceptualization of Polarization
		1.2 From Concept to Empirics
		1.3 Road Map
	2 Estimating Country-Year Panels of Mass Polarization
		2.1 Objectives
		2.2 Approaches to Modeling Dynamic Public Opinion
		2.3 Adjusting Distributions for Non-Stochastic Variation: A Dynamic Latent Variable Model
		2.4 Uncovering Characteristics of Latent Groups: A Gaussian Mixture Model
		2.5 Calculating Polarization of Opinion Distributions
		2.6 PolarCAP: Smooth Panels of Public Opinion Polarization
	3 Polarization across Time and Space: Descriptive Analyses
		3.1 Temporal Changes in Mass Polarization
		3.2 Geographic Variation in Mass Polarization
		3.3 Discussion
	4 Correlates of Mass Polarization
		4.1 Political Economy
		4.2 Institutional Design
		4.3 Democracy
		4.4 Discussion
	5 Advancing the Scientific Study of Polarization
		5.1 Political Institutions
		5.2 Political Behavior
		5.3 Conclusion
References
Acknowledgments