The concept of polarization: how useful for social and political sciences?
SPS TREND Webinar
21 January 2021, h. 14,30
on MS TEAMS
Polarization is following the fate of many other concepts in social sciences. The rising popularity and diffusion among different domains and disciplines go holding hands with the versatility of the concept and with the many meanings attached to it. The seminar aims to discuss different application of the concept of polarization to assess how useful it is for social and political sciences.
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Programme
Chair: Paolo Segatti (University of Milan)
Presentations
Federico Vegetti (University of Turin)
"From policy disagreement to group conflict. Political polarization in perspective"
Sergio Splendore (University of Milan) and Laura Iannelli (University of Sassari)
"Media fragmentation and mass polarization in the hybrid media system (at the time of Covid-19)"
Ferruccio Biolcati, Riccardo Ladini and Francesco Molteni (University of Milan)
"The immigrant-native gap in attitudes toward the immigrant population: migratory experience and attitudes de-polarization"
Nazareno Panichella (University of Milan), Maurizio Avola (University of Catania) and Giorgio Piccitto (Bocconi University)
"Migration, Occupational Attainment and Social Mobility. An analysis of migrants’ socio-economic integration in Italy"
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