When Extreme Goes Mainstream: Extremism and Democratic Involution

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When Extreme Goes Mainstream: Extremism and Democratic Involution Abstract: Contemporary democracies are in a period of transition marked by polarization, erosion of shared norms, and the normalization of political extremism. This paper examines how extremism-traditionally understood as marginal, deviant, or pathological-comes to be mainstreamed within societies. Building on the tradition of the R
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