Conflict and collaboration as perennial strategies in American democratic governance: A polarity management approach
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2024
Originally Published In
Public Policy.bg
Issue Number
15
Abstract
The recent political debacle in the US Congress that led to the removal of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was seen as emblematic of the rather dysfunctional current interplay of the conflictual and collaborative strategies at the center of the American system of democratic governance. Applying Johnson’s (1992/1996) polarity management approach and Benet’s (2006) polarities of democracy theory, the paper presents conflict and collaboration as a strategic polarity to be leveraged rather than a problem to be solved and offers a preliminary assessment of their current state of (mis)management.
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