{"product_id":"fighting-polarisation-shared-communicative-spaces-in-divided-democracies-hardback-9781509564552","title":"Fighting Polarisation; Shared Communicative Spaces in Divided Democracies (Hardback) 9781509564552","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFighting Polarisation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eShared Communicative Spaces in Divided Democracies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCherian George (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509564552, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 October 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.8 x 2.8 cm, 0.476 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"An invaluable contribution to those who seek to reclaim our shared humanity amid intensifying hate. It presents a raft of depolarising initiatives, some recent, some decades old, but all tested for when and how they are impactful. A liberating and empowering read!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAhmed Shaheed, University of Essex\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this easy-to-read and timely book, Cherian George tackles tough topics such as polarisation, fascism, and ethnoreligious nationalism. The vivid case studies illustrate how community and care can serve as antidotes. Democracy, therefore, is not just electoral politics. It is the everyday practices of resistances that centre deliberation, diversity, and dialogues.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSrivi Ramasubramanian, Syracuse University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolarisation seems to fix people in antagonistic us\/them camps. But, around the world, there are groups of citizens who refuse to give up on the democratic promise of a larger ‘we’. Challenging received prejudices and resisting tribal appeals from political leaders and social media, they practise dialogue and deliberation to nurture reciprocal respect for difference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGuided by insights from deliberative democracy, social psychology, memory studies and other fields, Cherian George takes readers on a global, multi-sectoral tour of the fight against polarisation. On an American campus inflamed by war in the Middle East, a small group of pro-Palestine and pro-Israel students meet over meals to try to understand one another. In Indonesia, women join hands to overcome religious conflict in their hometown. In New Zealand, indigenous Mâori and the descendants of settlers serve as joint custodians of the country's longest river. The book reveals how lessons from this resistance movement help chart a path for democracies confronting division and hate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFighting Polarisation\u003c\/i\u003e is enlightening reading for undergraduate and graduate students of media and communication studies, comparative politics, political sociology, human rights, and conflict studies, as well as general readers concerned about the future of democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The challenge: From 'us versus them' to a larger 'we'\u003cbr\u003e2. Campus conversations: Human connections in a time of war\u003cbr\u003e3. Journalism goes horizontal: News of and for the people\u003cbr\u003e4. Pro-social social media: The lost horizon of digital democracy\u003cbr\u003e5. Interfaith interventions: Religious conflict and radical love\u003cbr\u003e6. Settler-native co-governance of the natural world\u003cbr\u003e7. Memory activism: Reconciling with a divided past\u003cbr\u003e8. Ground games: Grassroots antidotes to partisan divides\u003cbr\u003e9. Reforming democracy: Good dictators and citizens' assemblies\u003cbr\u003e10. Conversations, confrontations, and courage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52441814958360,"sku":"9781509564552","price":46.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509564552.jpg?v=1785026889","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fighting-polarisation-shared-communicative-spaces-in-divided-democracies-hardback-9781509564552","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}