Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Introduction and overview: polarization explained and applied -- Part I Polarized mass publics and electoral politics -- 1 Concerted action in complex environments: a comparison of industrial restructuring in mid-sizedcity-regionsin Canada and the United States -- 2 Lines in the sand: how Americans' polarization results in unwillingness to accept compromise policy outcomes -- 3 Can unequal distributions of wealth influence vote choice? A comparative study of Germany, Sweden and the United States -- Part II An example of polarization: the climate change debate -- 4 Consensual environmental policy in the Anthropocene: governing what humanity hath wrought -- 5 Polarized climate debate? Institutions and structure in subnational policymaking -- 6 Polarized business interests: EU climate policy-making during the "Great Recession"--Part III 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 -- 8 Exploring the mediating effects of institutions on polarization and political conflict: evidence from Michigan cities -- 9 Political polarization, fiscal stress and financing public universities: a comparative analysis of the Ontario and Michigan public policy experience -- 10 The silence is deafening: a look into financial services sector policymaking in Canada -- Conclusion: managing polarization to make governance work -- Index