Lessons from South Africa: Moving Past Polarization and Intense Division in America
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Topic: Strengthening Democracy
‘There’s always hope’: Key leaders in ending South African apartheid apply lessons learned to American political climate
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South African leaders on how America can move beyond toxic polarization
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Lessons from ending apartheid
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David Eisner’s Best of 2022 List
7. Reducing Political Polarization by Correcting Erroneous Meta-Perceptions: A Video Intervention, Beyond Conflict
The wonderfully hopeful narrative and data in this video powerfully illustrates how our polarized perceptions of people in the “other party” drive distortions and exaggerations about …
Democracy is in a ‘dire state’: Local professor says before Election Day
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Misperceptions about support for democratic norms
Beyond Conflict and its research partners find that Democrats and Republicans significantly underestimate opposing parties’ support for key democratic norms.
| Published in the journal Scientific Reports, a new study finds that Democrats and Republicans highly value democratic principles, but significantly |
Beyond Conflict video named a top intervention by the Strengthening Democracy Challenge at Stanford University
Video designed to reduce toxic polarization between Democrats and Republicans named a top intervention by the Strengthening Democracy Challenge at Stanford University
The video developed by Beyond Conflict and its research partners had the biggest impact in reducing support for
Building Bridges Towards Equality
Building Bridges Towards Equality
New study provides insights into how intergroup contact should be structured to promote support for social change
By Alexander Levy-Vene and Lily Winston Grob, Beyond Conflict Fellows
In the face of global social division and conflict, …When Language Leads to Violence: How Can Peacebuilders Counter Dangerous Speech?
Over the last few years, the US has seen a rise in the use of dangerous speech — speech that increases the risk for violence — resulting in tensions and violent episodes like the one seen at the US Capitol.