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Beschreibung
In The Autocratic Voter, Natalie Wenzell Letsa explores the motivations behind why citizens in electoral autocracies choose to participate in politics and support political parties. With electoral autocracies becoming the most common type of regime in the modern world, Letsa challenges the dominant materialist framework for understanding political behavior and presents an alternative view of partisanship as a social identity. Her book argues that despite the irrationality and obstacles to participating in autocratic politics, people are socialized into becoming partisans by their partisan friends and family. This socialization process has a cascading effect that can either facilitate support for regime change and democracy or sustain the status quo. By delving into the social identity of partisanship, The Autocratic Voter offers a new perspective on political behavior in electoral autocracies that has the potential to shape the future of these regimes.
In The Autocratic Voter, Natalie Wenzell Letsa explores the motivations behind why citizens in electoral autocracies choose to participate in politics and support political parties. With electoral autocracies becoming the most common type of regime in the modern world, Letsa challenges the dominant materialist framework for understanding political behavior and presents an alternative view of partisanship as a social identity. Her book argues that despite the irrationality and obstacles to participating in autocratic politics, people are socialized into becoming partisans by their partisan friends and family. This socialization process has a cascading effect that can either facilitate support for regime change and democracy or sustain the status quo. By delving into the social identity of partisanship, The Autocratic Voter offers a new perspective on political behavior in electoral autocracies that has the potential to shape the future of these regimes.
Über den Autor
Natalie Wenzell Letsa is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of South Carolina. Her work has been published at the American Political Science Review, Perspectives on Politics, and the Journal of Modern African Studies, among other journals.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Partisanship in electoral autocracies; 2. Social networks, political geography, and partisan socialization; 3. The case of Cameroon; 4. Opposition and ruling party partisanship as social identities; 5. Pathways to partisanship; 6. Political influence within networks; 7. Processes of political socialization; 8. The political geography of electoral autocracies; 9. Political realities in party strongholds; 10. The power and importance of partisan identities; Appendix 1. Full sampling schedule of public opinion survey; Appendix 2. Life histories of Henri, Titus, Patience and Justo; Bibliography.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9781009639873
ISBN-10: 1009639870
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Letsa, Natalie Wenzell
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Natalie Wenzell Letsa
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.06.2025
Gewicht: 0,407 kg
Artikel-ID: 133735188

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