Political segregation

Date and country of first publication

2004
Switzerland

Definition

Political segregation is the phenomenon where people with similar political beliefs or affiliations tend to live in separate social or geographical communities, leading to a division and separation of political ideologies. This can create echo chambers where individuals are predominantly exposed to ideas and opinions that reinforce their own views, limiting their exposure to different perspectives and ideas. Political segregation can contribute to political polarization and hinder constructive dialogue and compromise between different ideological groups. It is important to foster an environment where individuals with diverse political beliefs can engage in respectful and open discussions to promote understanding and find common ground.

Related segregation forms

Political segregation is frequently discussed in the literature with the following segregation forms:

social segregation, residential segregation, spatial segregation, territorial segregation, urban segregation

This visualization is based on the study The Multidisciplinary Landscape of Segregation Research.

For the complete network of interrelated segregation forms, please refer to:

• First year of publication

• Louvain clusters

• Betweenness centrality

• Disciplines in which segregation forms first emerged (Scopus database).

Notes

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Political segregation appears in the following literature

Kaufmann V. (2004). Social and political segregation of urban transportation: The merits and limitations of the Swiss cities model. Built Environment, 30(2), 146-152. https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.30.2.146.54308

Pottie D. (2004). Local government and housing in South Africa: Managing demand and enabling markets. Development in Practice, 14(5), 606-618. https://doi.org/10.1080/0961452042000239760

Klinkner P.A., Hapanowicz A. (2005). Red and blue déjà Vu: Measuring political polarization in the 2004 election. Forum, 3(2), -. Walter de Gruyter GmbH.https://doi.org/10.2202/1540-8884.1079

King R.S. (2006). Jim crow is alive and well in the 21st century: Felony disenfranchisement and the continuing struggle to silence the african american voice. Souls, 8(2), 7-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/10999940600680507

Agathangelou A.M. (2009). Necro (neo) colonizations and economies of blackness: Of slaughters, “accidents, " “disasters” and captive flesh. International Relations and States of Exception: Margins, Peripheries, and Excluded Bodies, 186-206. Taylor and Francis.https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203868683-13

Selle P.E.R., Strømsnes K. (201). Sámi citizenship: Marginalisation or integration?. Acta Borealia, 27(1), 66-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/08003831.2010.486926

Miescher G. (2012). Facing barbarians: A narrative of spatial segregation in colonial Namibia. Journal of Southern African Studies, 38(4), 769-786. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2012.730842

Foster J. (2012). The wilds and the township: Articulating modernity, capital, and socio nature in the cityscape of pre apartheid Johannesburg. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 71(1), 42-59. https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2012.71.1.42

Abrams S.J., Fiorina M.P. (2012). The big sort that wasn't: A skeptical reexamination. PS - Political Science and Politics, 45(2), 203-210. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096512000017

Lloyd C.D., Shuttleworth I. (2012). Residential segregation in Northern Ireland in 2001: Assessing the value of exploring spatial variations. Environment and Planning A, 44(1), 52-67. Pion Limited.https://doi.org/10.1068/a44167

Walker K.E. (2013). Political Segregation of the Metropolis: Spatial Sorting by Partisan Voting in Metropolitan Minneapolis St Paul. City and Community, 12(1), 35-55. https://doi.org/10.1111/cico.12003

Bozdag E., Gao Q., Houben G.-J., Warnier M. (2014). Does offline political segregation affect the filter bubble? An empirical analysis of information diversity for Dutch and Turkish Twitter users. Computers in Human Behavior, 41(), 405-415. Elsevier Ltd.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.05.028

Grewe B.-S. (2016). Space and power A material history of gold in the early 20th century; [Raum und Macht Eine Stoffgeschichte des Goldes im frühen 20. Jahrhundert]. Jahrbuch fur Wirtschaftsgeschichte, 57(1), 59-90. Akademie Verlag GMBH.https://doi.org/10.1515/jbwg-2016-0004

Mummolo J., Nall C. (2017). Why partisans do not sort: The constraints on political segregation. Journal of Politics, 79(1), 45-59. University of Chicago Press.https://doi.org/10.1086/687569

Veenstra A.S. (2018). The extremists across the aisle: selective exposure and evaluations of presidential candidate extremity. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 26(4), 211-223. Routledge.https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2018.1494176

Mekdjian S. (2018). Urban artivism and migrations. Disrupting spatial and political segregation of migrants in European cities. Cities, 77(), 39-48. Elsevier Ltd.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2017.05.008

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Motyl M., Prims J.P., Iyer R. (202). How Ambient Cues Facilitate Political Segregation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46(5), 723-737. SAGE Publications Inc..https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167219875141

Lang L., Mell I. (202). ‘I stick to this side of the park’: Parks as shared spaces in contemporary Belfast. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 3(2), 503-526. SAGE Publications Inc..https://doi.org/10.1177/2514848620918829

Rawlings C.M. (2022). Becoming an Ideologue: Social Sorting and the Microfoundations of Polarization. Sociological Science, 9(), 313-345. Society for Sociological Science.https://doi.org/10.15195/V9.A13

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