ANTI-POLARIZATION

Cascade Institute researchers are committed to understanding the drivers of polarization in Canada and around the world. Using these insights, we develop new solutions to counter the anti-democratic effects of growing polarization and implement them at scale.

The Anti-Polarization program seeks to discover the key forces driving increases in polarization in Canada and around the world—and how they might be countered.

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Anti Polarization 2b

Catastrophic Dehumanization: A formal model

Thomas Homer-Dixon
A formal model drawing on insights from conflict, critical-transition, and catastrophe theories to explain the causal mechanisms that produce sudden dehumanization in situations of extreme conflict.