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SUBMITTER: Stewart AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7732181 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stewart Alexander J AJ McCarty Nolan N Bryson Joanna J JJ
Science advances 20201211 50
Social and political polarization is an important source of conflict in many societies. Understanding its causes has become a priority of scholars across disciplines. We demonstrate that shifts in socialization strategies analogous to political polarization can arise as a locally beneficial response to both rising wealth inequality and economic decline. In many contexts, interaction with diverse out-groups confers benefits from innovation and exploration greater than those that arise from intera ...[more]