Polarization & Politics
Poles Apart
By Alison Goldsworthy, Laura Osborne, Alexandra Chesterfield
Explains the economic and political triggers that tip healthy disagreement into hostility, offering diagnostic framing for practitioners explaining why polarization happens, not just how to address it.
Book
2021

Overview

Explains the economic and political triggers that tip healthy disagreement into hostility, offering diagnostic framing for practitioners explaining why polarization happens, not just how to address it.

About the Author

Alison Goldsworthy is CEO of the Depolarization Project and a Senior Research Associate at Cambridge’s Jesus College, with more than two decades in UK politics, including as Deputy Chair of the Liberal Democrats. She co-wrote this book with Laura Osborne and Alexandra Chesterfield.
Format

Book

Author

Alison Goldsworthy, Laura Osborne, Alexandra Chesterfield

Year

2021

Topic

Polarization & Politics

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