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The Berkeley Center for American Democracy (BCAD) recognizes that the United States faces a multifaceted crisis of governance marked by intense partisan polarization, frequent political gridlock, rising inequality, low political trust, and stubborn policy challenges related to housing, crime, the environment, and many other areas.
Our inaugural programs seek to support and connect scholars working to identify solutions to these and other challenges that have placed acute pressure on our core democratic institutions. We promote rigorous data collection and research, conversations on campus, as well as connections among disparate research specialties in the department and across other disciplines and sites of inquiry on campus.
Thank you for joining us, and we invite you to learn more about our work on our website.
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