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The Divide Within - Intersections of Realities, Facts, Theories, and Practices (Hardcover)
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The Divide Within - Intersections of Realities, Facts, Theories, and Practices (Hardcover)
Series: Social Science Education Consortium Book Series
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Globalization, modernization, and technologization have brought
rapid social and economic change while also increasing diversity of
democratic societies. Plurality of democracy, once viewed as a
progressive ideology, has been met by the movement of identity
politics to the margins of society. Although social movements
demanding recognition on the part of groups that were once
invisible to mainstream society have brought attention to systemic
inequities, prejudice, and discriminatory policies, other groups
feeling a loss of status and a sense of displacement have pushed
back with counterclaims and protests. These conflicting narratives
have fractured society and segmented the populace along narrowly
defined identities, creating a new era of democracy and
isolationism. Today in the United States we see the troubling
effects of increasingly polarized political discourse: amplified
gridlock within government, the politicization and fragmentation of
economic and social life, and the suppression of the spread of
information across ideological lines. The socio-political climate
in America is characterized by skepticism, hostility, distrust,
claims of fake news, and unwavering opposition. The divide within
our nation has shifted the narrative of democracy from promoting
the common good to protecting the interests of likeminded factions
and the preservation of power and privilege. In recent decades,
researchers focused attention on studying the social, geographic,
political, and technological polarization in the United States.
Trends manifest in myriad ways, both in politics and in everyday
life, and expose the divergence between urban and rural
communities. These inquiries also suggest that causes and effects
of identity politics and polarization are too complex to be studied
within the confines of a single discipline. Its exploration,
therefore, requires participation and collaboration from scholars
in many different fields, particularly those working in the social
sciences. In this edited volume, we seek to leverage this research
capacity to engage the reader in studies and instruction concerning
the divide within and the intersections of realities, facts,
theories, and practices in social science education.
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