Christian Santiago

Radicalizing Reverberations by Christian Santiago

posted on April 16, 2019 by Christian Santiago

Rollins College Tagged With: Congress, Echo-chamber, Eric Cantor, Facebook Communities, fake news, Polarization, Robbers Cave Experiment

A response to “Polarization is Dividing American Society, Not Just Politics” by Nate Cohn (NYT) Anyone who has been following the affairs of the United States government during the past few years …

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Brexit is Britain’s Canary in the Coal Mine by Christian Santiago

posted on March 31, 2019 by Christian Santiago

Rollins College Tagged With: Arlie Hochschild, Brexit, European Union, Janell Fetterolf, Parliament, referendum, Richard Wike, Robert Dahl, Seymour Lipset, United Kingdom, Voting Systems, Yascha Mounk

A response to "How a Strange Massachusetts Election Helps Explain Britain’s Brexit Chaos” by Max Fisher (NYT) The recent events surrounding Britain’s controversial Brexit referendums has …

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The Detrimental Effects of Party Polarization on Democracy by Christian Santiago

posted on February 22, 2019 by Christian Santiago

Rollins College Tagged With: 2018-2019 government shutdown, border wall, Levitsky, national emergency, Polarization, ziblatt

A Response to "How the Democratic Shutdown is Threatening the United States Democratic Legitimacy" by Chad Krys The current state of the United States government can best be described as it was by …

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