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Persuasive peers : social communication and voting in Latin America / Andy Baker, Barry Ames, and Lúcio Rennó.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Andy, 1972- author.
- Ames, Barry, author.
- Rennó, Lucio R., author.
- Series:
- Princeton studies in global and comparative sociology.
- Princeton scholarship online.
- Princeton studies in global and comparative sociology
- Princeton scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Voting--Latin America.
- Voting.
- Communication--Political aspects--Latin America.
- Communication.
- Social networks--Political aspects--Latin America.
- Social networks.
- Social influence--Political aspects--Latin America.
- Social influence.
- Political participation--Latin America.
- Political participation.
- Latin America--Politics and government.
- Latin America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource)
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- In Latin America's new democracies, political parties and mass partisanship are not deeply entrenched, leaving many votes up for grabs during election campaigns. In a typical presidential election season, between one-quarter and one-half of all voters - figures unheard of in older democracies - change their voting intentions across party lines in the months before election day. Advancing a new theory of Latin American voting behavior, 'Persuasive Peers' argues that political discussions within informal social networks among family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, and acquaintances explain this volatility and exert a major influence on final voting choices.
- Contents:
- Social communication and voting behavior
- Latin American political discussion in comparative perspective
- Voter volatility and stability in presidential campaigns
- Discussion networks, campaign effects, and vote choice
- Neighborhoods and cities as arenas of social influence
- Discussion and the regionalization of voter preferences
- Clientelism as the purchase of social influence
- Discussion, societal exclusion, and political voice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 5, 2021).
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- ISBN:
- 9780691205786
- 0691205787
- OCLC:
- 1145893983
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