Institutional incentives amplify partisan caricatures

Evidence

At the level of institutions, the structures of public institutions (for example, government43 and social and mass media70–74) may reinforce and amplify stereotypes, making each side seem like a caricature of itself by incentivizing provocative rhetoric and divisive behaviour75. — Rachel Hartman et al., Interventions to Reduce Partisan…, 23

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Seemingly substantive policy domains conceal underlying partisan self-entrenchment battles. — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 536; Political actors insulate favored policies by refashioning institutional context across many domains — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 25; Partisan defunding incentives partly drove Republican adoption of tort reform — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 263 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Partisan defunding incentives partly drove Republican adoption of tort reform #exemplifies (0.80) — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 263
• Some political entrenchment is deliberately designed, not merely incidental #corroborates (0.80) — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 202
• Seemingly substantive policy domains conceal underlying partisan self-entrenchment battles. #expands (0.78) — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 536
• Political actors insulate favored policies by refashioning institutional context across many domains #exemplifies (0.76) — Daryl Levinson and Benjamin I. Sachs, Political Entrenchment and Public Law, 25
• Media balance reproduces the shared presuppositions that bracket political disagreement #complicates (0.72)