Public policy, governance and polarization: making governance work

Polarization is widely diagnosed as a major cause in the decline of evidence-based policy making and public engagement-based styles of policy making.

It creates an environment where hardened partisan viewpoints on major policy questions are less amenable to negotiation, compromise or change.

This book seeks to provide a theoretical foundation for scholars and policy makers who need to understand the powerful and often disruptive forces that have arisen in Europe and North America over the past decade.