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:19102-075653977f34a53c1c73d2c9ca2dc17c@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260919T062945Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261028T121500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261028T131500 SUMMARY:“The Great Perceptual Divide: Identity and Democracy in the United State s and Britain” 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 United States and Britain \, where populations now reside in alternate universes. Perceptions are driven by identity. In the United States\, the perceptual gulf coincides with political partisanship\, while in the United Kingdom\, the percept ual divide centered around the 2016 Brexit decision. In both countries\, politicians are called to account for waging war on enemies rather than for advancing policy objectives\, destroying traditional political acco untability.\n\nMitchell Smith will explore these divisions in a talk bas ed on his book The Great Perceptual Divide: Identity and Democracy in th e U.S. and Britain\, which will be published in September by Bloomsbury. Smith is the director of the School of International Affairs at Penn St ate and a professor of international affairs. He holds an M.P.A. and a P h.D.\, both from 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.\n\nFor more details: https://even ts.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 United States and Britain, where p opulations now reside in alternate universes. Perceptions are driven by identity. In the United States, the perceptual gulf coincides with polit ical partisanship, while in the United Kingdom, the perceptual divide ce ntered around the 2016 Brexit decision. In both countries, politicians a re called to account for waging war on enemies rather than for advancing policy objectives, destroying traditional political accountability.

Mitchell Smith will explore these divisions in a talk based on his bo ok The Great Perceptual Divide: Identity and Democracy in the U.S. a nd Britain, which will be published in September by Bloomsbury. Smi th 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. , both from Princeton University. He has been a Fulbright Fellow in Euro pean Union Affairs and a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for European Poli cy Studies in Brussels, Belgium.

For more details: https://events.la.ps u.edu/event/great-perceptual-divide/

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