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Table of Contents Introduction and Overview: Polarization Explained and Applied Jeremy Castle, David K. Jesuit and Russell Alan Williams Section 1: Polarized Mass Publics and Electoral Politics 1. Concerted Action in Complex Environments: A Comparison of Industrial Restructuring in Mid-Sized City-Regions in Canada and the United States Charles Conteh 2. Lines in the Sand: How Americans’ Polarization Results in Unwillingness to Accept Compromise Policy Outcomes J. Cherie Strachan, Daniel M. Shea and Michael Wolf 3. Can Unequal Distributions of Wealth Influence Vote Choice? A Comparative Study of Germany, Sweden and the United States Lindsay Flynn and Piotr R. Paradowski 　 　 Section 2: An Example of Polarization: The Climate Change Debate 4. Consensual Environmental Policy in the Anthropocene: Governing What Humanity Hath Wrought Robert Bartlett and Walter F. Baber 5. Polarized Climate Debate? Institutions and Structure in Subnational Policymaking Russell Williams and Susan Morrissey Wyse 6. Polarised business interests: EU climate policy-making during the "Great Recession" Raffael Hanschmann Section 3: Potential Remedies to Polarized Policymaking 7. Comparative National Energy Policies and Climate Change Actions in Countries with Divided and Unified Governments: Reflections, Projections and Opportunities for Improved Pedagogy Thomas Rohrer and Pamela S. Gates 8. Exploring the Mediating Effects of Institutions on Polarization and Political Conflict: Evidence from Michigan Cities Nathan Grasse, Thomas Greitens, Lawrence Sych, and David Jesuit 9. Political Polarization, Fiscal Stress and Financing Public Universities: A Comparative Analysis of the Ontario and Michigan Public Policy Experience Lawrence Sych and Marcy Taylor 10. The Silence is Deafening: A Look into Financial Services Sector Policymaking in Canada Ian Roberge Conclusion: Managing Polarization to Make Governance Work David K. Jesuit and Russell Alan Williams