Democratic Talk in Church: Religion and Political Socialization in the Context of Urban Inequality
In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 99, S. 441-451
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In: World development: the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development, Band 99, S. 441-451
In: British journal of political science, Band 48, Heft 2, S. 407-425
ISSN: 1469-2112
In many contemporary urban spaces, political information accrues to high status neighborhoods. This might exacerbate political inequality as the information-rich and information-poor each talk primarily with others like themselves. When information is specific and broadly diffused through the media, however, the convenience and low cognitive costs of everyday conversation could be especially helpful for the disadvantaged. This article shows how political conversations intensify or ameliorate spatial knowledge gaps, using a six-wave panel survey in fifty Brazilian neighborhoods between 2002 and 2006. Multilevel models demonstrate that conversation was more frequent in high education neighborhoods, but had a greater impact on specific, factual knowledge in low-education neighborhoods, leading to shrinking knowledge gaps. However, conversation slightly widened spatial gaps in socially perceived general knowledge.
In: Perspectives on politics, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 253-254
ISSN: 1541-0986
In: British journal of political science, S. 1-19
ISSN: 0007-1234
In: Political Networks Workshops & Conference 2015
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In: Cohen, Mollie, and Amy Erica Smith. 2016. Research and Politics 3(4): 1-8
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In: Forthcoming, Latin American Politics and Society
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In: Latin American politics and society, Band 59, Heft 1, S. 52-73
ISSN: 1531-426X
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In: Forthcoming, International Political Science Review
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In: Latin American politics and society, Band 59, Heft 1, S. 52-73
ISSN: 1548-2456
AbstractObservers have long noted Brazil's distinctive racial politics: the coexistence of relatively integrated race relations and a national ideology of "racial democracy" with deep social inequalities along color lines. Those defending a vision of a nonracist Brazil attribute such inequalities to mechanisms perpetuating class distinctions. This article examines how members of disadvantaged groups perceive their disadvantage and what determines self-reports of discriminatory experiences, using 2010 AmericasBarometer data. About a third of respondents reported experiencing discrimination. Consistent with Brazilian national myths, respondents were much more likely to report discrimination due to their class than to their race. Nonetheless, the respondent's skin color, as coded by the interviewer, was a strong determinant of reporting class as well as race and gender discrimination. Race is more strongly associated with perceived "class" discrimination than is household wealth, education, or region of residence; female gender intensifies the association between color and discrimination.
In: Research & politics: R&P, Band 3, Heft 4, S. 205316801668406
ISSN: 2053-1680
During the 2016 presidential election campaign in the United States, scholars argued that authoritarian visions of the family are associated with support for Donald Trump, a candidate also noted to exhibit authoritarian or illiberal tendencies. Though it is plausible that "authoritarian" citizens (defined by parenting attitudes) vote for "authoritarian" candidates (defined by disrespect for democratic institutions), past research provides relatively little guide regarding this relationship. One reason is that few US candidates announce overtly authoritarian views. Latin America, by contrast, has had many such candidates. We take advantage of this variation using the 2012 AmericasBarometer, which applied a battery of authoritarian parenting attitudes. We first describe mass authoritarianism across Latin America, showing it is associated with many social attitudes. We then examine authoritarians' voting behavior, distinguishing between support for " mano dura" ("strong arm") candidates, who are usually rightists, and for candidates threatening violations of general civil liberties, who are often leftists in Latin America. We find that authoritarians tend to vote for right-wing authoritarian candidates, while authoritarianism boosts support for candidates threatening civil liberty violations only among citizens identifying on the ideological right. Education is the most consistent determinant reducing support for both leftist and rightist authoritarian candidates.
In: International political science review: the journal of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) = Revue internationale de science politique, Band 40, Heft 1, S. 90-107
ISSN: 1460-373X
As Arab monarchies increasingly adopt and empower consultative assemblies, women's representation varies markedly across countries. What leads citizens in these new electoral systems to vote for women? This study investigates the determinants of support for women's representation using the first electoral survey ever conducted in Oman, prior to the October 2015 Majlis al Shura elections. It considers cross-nationally recognized factors – gender ideology and religion – and tribalism, a factor heretofore largely unexplored. Confirming prior studies, citizens with traditional gender ideology are much less supportive of women's representation. Developing a simultaneous equations model, we show that religiosity and tribalism shape gender ideology. Unlike in Western countries, education is unassociated with attitudes, and there is no generational shift towards equality; younger men are less supportive of women's representation than are older men. Increasing women's representation requires not only increasing citizen demand for female leaders, but also changing informal tribal and formal electoral institutions.
In: Politics, Groups, and Identities, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 132-151
ISSN: 2156-5511