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The Social Citizen
Peer Networks and Political Behavior
Taschenbuch von Betsy Sinclair
Sprache: Englisch

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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.
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.
Über den Autor
Betsy Sinclair is associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780226922829
ISBN-10: 0226922820
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sinclair, Betsy
Hersteller: University of Chicago Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 228 x 151 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Betsy Sinclair
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.12.2012
Gewicht: 0,304 kg
Artikel-ID: 132525502
Über den Autor
Betsy Sinclair is associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780226922829
ISBN-10: 0226922820
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Sinclair, Betsy
Hersteller: University of Chicago Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 228 x 151 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Betsy Sinclair
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.12.2012
Gewicht: 0,304 kg
Artikel-ID: 132525502
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