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Elite and Mass Political Behaviour

Elite and Mass Political Behaviour

This blog presents posts that tackle practical problems relating to political behaviour using knowledge from academic research. It showcases the best blog posts written by students on the honours-level Elite and Mass Political Behaviour course in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh.

Tag: comedy

Can comedy save democracy? The role humour plays in reducing political polarisation

Author: Eve Barrow A man with conviction is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree, he turns away. Show him facts, he questions the source. Appeal to logic, he fails to see your point. Leon Festinger, 1956.   Make him laugh, will he lay down his defences?   In today’s divided political landscape, […]

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