The social logic of politics : personal networks as contexts for political behavior / edited by Alan S. Zuckerman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zuckerman, Alan S., 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political sociology.

Political socialization.

Social networks--Political aspects.

Social networks.

Political participation.

Voting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (365 p.)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using classic theories and methodologies, this collection maintains that individuals make political choices by taking into account the views, preferences, evaluations, and actions of other people who comprise their social networks. These include family members, friends, neighbors, and workmates, among others. The volume re-establishes the research of the Columbia School of Electoral Sociology from several decades ago, and contrasts it with rational choice theory and the Michigan School of Electoral Analysis. Written by political scientists with a range of interests, this volume returns the soc

Contents:

Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface and Acknowledgments; About the Contributors; INTRODUCTION: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTEXT; 1 Returning to the Social Logic of Politics; 2 Individuals, Dyads, and Networks:Autoregressive Patterns of Political Influence; I. FAMILIES AS SOURCES OF STRONG POLITICAL TIES; 3 Political Similarity and Influence between Husbands and Wives; 4 Do Couples Support the Same Political Parties? Sometimes: Evidence from British and German Household Panel Surveys; 5 Family Ties: Understanding the Intergenerational Transmission of Political Participation

II. FRIENDS, WORKMATES, NEIGHBORS, AND POLITICALCONTEXTS: THE EFFECTS OF WEAK TIES ON ELECTORAL CHOICESAND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION6 Changing Class Locations and Partisanship in Germany; 7 Choosing Alone? The Social Network Basis of Modern Political Choice; 8 Friends and Politics: Linking Diverse Friendship Networks to Political Participation; 9 Networks, Gender, and the Use of State Authority: Evidence from a Study of Arab Immigrants in Detroit; 10 Putting Voters in their Places: Local Context and Voting in England and Wales, 1997

11 Party Identification, Local Partisan Contexts, and the Acquisition of Participatory Attitudes12 Macro-Politics and Micro-Behavior: Mainstream Politics and the Frequency of Political Discussion inContemporary Democracies; III. THE SOCIAL LOGIC OF POLITICS: LOOKING AHEAD; 13 Agent-Based Explanations for the Survival of Disagreement in Social Networks; 14 Turnout in a Small World; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-329) and index.

ISBN:

9786611093891

9781281093899

1281093890

9781592131495

1592131492

OCLC:

476075141