The logic of group voting : how ethnic group characteristics impact bloc voting across political institutions / Paul Friesen

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friesen, Paul, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in comparative political behavior

Cambridge elements. Elements in comparative political behavior, 2754-6144

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voting--Social aspects.

Voting.

Voting research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026

Summary:

"While the politicization of ethnic identities is readily observed around the world, a generalized understanding of what makes members of a particular group more likely to coordinate their votes towards a single party or candidate remains elusive. This Element scrutinizes voting patterns at the social group level based on individual-level survey data and controlling for country-level variables across 115 countries. The findings highlight how the characteristics of ethnic groups, especially size and crosscutting patterns, interact within political institutions. Three group-level characteristics are especially influential to bloc voting – stronger geographic concentration, greater internal alignment of group members across other identity dimensions, and groups whose members are more distinctive across identity dimensions compared to the broader population. When analyzed across political institutions, the highest rates of bloc voting occur among small groups with low crosscutting in permissive settings and medium groups with low crosscutting in restrictive settings"-- Cambridge Core

Contents:

The politics of ethnic identities

Group size and bloc voting

Data and methodology

Illustrative cases

Party attachment and bloc voting

Interactions with institutions

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge Core, viewed July 17, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version: Friesen, Paul, Logic of group voting

ISBN:

9781009548946

1009548948

9781009548984

1009548980

OCLC:

1586325742

Publisher Number:

CIPO000401441

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license