BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:19102-f6152ee5480abad5dc7c2c489254beab@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260519T230732Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260930T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260930T131500 SUMMARY:The Great Perceptual Divide: Identity and Democracy in the U.S. and Brit ain DESCRIPTION:\nLunch will be provided for this event.\n\nThe divergence o f perceptions of political outcomes typical of pluralist societies has d eveloped into a Great Perceptual Divide in the U.S. and Britain\, where populations now reside in alternate universes. Perceptions are driven by identity. In the United States\, the perceptual gulf coincides with pol itical partisanship\, while in the United Kingdom\, the perceptual divid e centered around the 2016 Brexit decision. In both countries\, politici ans are called to account for waging war on enemies rather than for adva ncing policy objectives\, destroying traditional political accountabilit y.\n\nMitchell Smith will explore these divisions in a talk based on his book The Great Perceptual Divide: Identity and Democracy in the U.S. an d Britain\, which will be published in September by Bloomsbury. Smith is the director of the School of International Affairs at Penn State and a professor of international affairs. He holds an M.P.A. and a Ph.D\, bot h from Princeton University. He has been a Fulbright Fellow in European Union Affairs and a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for European Policy St udies in Brussels\, Belgium.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu. edu/event/great-perceptual-divide/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Lunch w ill be provided for this event.

The divergence of percept ions of political outcomes typical of pluralist societies has developed into a Great Perceptual Divide in the U.S. and Britain, where population s now reside in alternate universes. Perceptions are driven by identity. In the United States, the perceptual gulf coincides with political part isanship, while in the United Kingdom, the perceptual divide centered ar ound the 2016 Brexit decision. In both countries, politicians are called to account for waging war on enemies rather than for advancing policy o bjectives, destroying traditional political accountability.

Mitche ll Smith will explore these divisions in a talk based on his book Th e Great Perceptual Divide: Identity and Democracy in the U.S. and Britai n, which will be published in September by Bloomsbury. Smith is the director of the School of International Affairs at Penn State and a pro fessor of international affairs. He holds an M.P.A. and a Ph.D, both fro m Princeton University. He has been a Fulbright Fellow in European Union Affairs and a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels, Belgium.

For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/even t/great-perceptual-divide/

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