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- Summary
- Human beings are social animals. Yet despite vast amounts of research into political decision making, very little attention has been devoted to its social dimensions. In political science, social relationships are generally thought of as mere sources of information, rather than active influences on one's political decisions. Drawing upon data from settings as diverse as South Los Angeles and Chicago's wealthy North Shore, Betsy Sinclair shows that social networks do not merely inform citizen's behavior, they can✹and do✹have the power to change it. From the decision to donate money to a campaign or vote for a particular candidate to declaring oneself a Democrat or Republican, basic political acts are surprisingly subject to social pressures. When members of a social network express a particular political opinion or belief, Sinclair shows, others notice and conform, particularly if their conformity is likely to be highly visible. We are not just social animals, but social citizens whose political choices are significantly shaped by peer influence. The Social Citizen has important implications for our concept of democratic participation and will force political scientists to revise their notion of voters as socially isolated decision makers.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 194 pages
- Contents
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- Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Social Pressure and Participatory Democracy 2. Voting Together: Do the Neighbors Know We Voted? 3. Social Campaign Giving: Could You Please Take Out Your Checkbook? 4. Candidate Choice: What Makes a Democrat Vote like a Republican? 5. Peer-Pressured Party Identification: The Elephant in the Room 6. Conclusion: Social Pressure and the Democratic Experiment Notes Works Cited Index
- Isbn
- 9780226922812
- Label
- The social citizen : peer networks and political behavior
- Title
- The social citizen
- Title remainder
- peer networks and political behavior
- Statement of responsibility
- Betsy Sinclair
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Human beings are social animals. Yet despite vast amounts of research into political decision making, very little attention has been devoted to its social dimensions. In political science, social relationships are generally thought of as mere sources of information, rather than active influences on one's political decisions. Drawing upon data from settings as diverse as South Los Angeles and Chicago's wealthy North Shore, Betsy Sinclair shows that social networks do not merely inform citizen's behavior, they can✹and do✹have the power to change it. From the decision to donate money to a campaign or vote for a particular candidate to declaring oneself a Democrat or Republican, basic political acts are surprisingly subject to social pressures. When members of a social network express a particular political opinion or belief, Sinclair shows, others notice and conform, particularly if their conformity is likely to be highly visible. We are not just social animals, but social citizens whose political choices are significantly shaped by peer influence. The Social Citizen has important implications for our concept of democratic participation and will force political scientists to revise their notion of voters as socially isolated decision makers.--
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- Sinclair, Betsy
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Chicago studies in American politics
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- Political participation
- Social networks
- Voting
- Social pressure
- Label
- The social citizen : peer networks and political behavior, Betsy Sinclair
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-185) and index
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- Contents
- Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Social Pressure and Participatory Democracy 2. Voting Together: Do the Neighbors Know We Voted? 3. Social Campaign Giving: Could You Please Take Out Your Checkbook? 4. Candidate Choice: What Makes a Democrat Vote like a Republican? 5. Peer-Pressured Party Identification: The Elephant in the Room 6. Conclusion: Social Pressure and the Democratic Experiment Notes Works Cited Index
- Control code
- FIEb17817870
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xvi, 194 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226922812
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)783150326
- Label
- The social citizen : peer networks and political behavior, Betsy Sinclair
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-185) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction: Social Pressure and Participatory Democracy 2. Voting Together: Do the Neighbors Know We Voted? 3. Social Campaign Giving: Could You Please Take Out Your Checkbook? 4. Candidate Choice: What Makes a Democrat Vote like a Republican? 5. Peer-Pressured Party Identification: The Elephant in the Room 6. Conclusion: Social Pressure and the Democratic Experiment Notes Works Cited Index
- Control code
- FIEb17817870
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xvi, 194 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226922812
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)783150326
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