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This month, Civic Conversations welcomed Indiana University Professor Jeffrey Isaac. Isaac is the James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science and served as editor in chief for Perspectives on Politics, a flagship journal of the American Political Science Association, from 2009 to 2017. In 2017, he was awarded the APSA’s Frank J. Goodnow Award for Distinguished Public Service.
In the podcast, Isaac defines extremism and how it works within government. Extremism, Isaac says, is used to quiet political debates, and it is much more than a Democratic versus Republican divide; it is really an anti-system party divide that is hostile to liberal Democracy.
According to Isaac, changing demographics and technological change have contributed to the increase in insecurity and suspicion of our government.
