"It's the Wedge Issues, Stupid
Turkey and the U.S. Focus on Polarizing, Unproductive Politics
Corey James Prachniak
Issue date: 3/31/08 Section: Commentary
It seems a reasonable observation that when people do not have much control over their government and political process, they narrow in on a few divisive issues that they have little hope of affecting but that for some reason rile them up."
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