Inspired Citizens : How Our Political Role Models Shape American Politics / Jennie Sweet-Cushman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sweet-Cushman, Jennie, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political psychology--United States.

Political psychology.

Role models--United States.

Role models.

Political participation--United States.

Political participation.

Political candidates--United States.

Political candidates.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Inspired Citizens enhances our understanding of how political role models function and affect political behavior in the United States. It explores what impact role models have on political participation and on candidate emergence, building a political science theory of role model effects which the author terms Inspired Citizenship Theory"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Role Models in American Politics

2. The Psychological Impact of Role Models

3. Role Models in Political Science

4. Political Role Models and Everyday Jane

5. Political Role Models and Candidate Jane

6. Political Role Models Gently Shaping the American Political Landscape?

7. See It? Be It?: Political Role Models Encouraging Political Candidacies

8. Political Role Models Good, Politicians Bad?

Appendix

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781439923504

1439923507