9780226922829-0226922820-The Social Citizen: Peer Networks and Political Behavior (Chicago Studies in American Politics)

The Social Citizen: Peer Networks and Political Behavior (Chicago Studies in American Politics)

ISBN-13: 9780226922829
ISBN-10: 0226922820
Edition: Chicago Studies in American Politics
Author: Betsy Sinclair
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback 194 pages
Category: Sociology
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ISBN-13: 9780226922829
ISBN-10: 0226922820
Edition: Chicago Studies in American Politics
Author: Betsy Sinclair
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Format: Paperback 194 pages
Category: Sociology

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The Social Citizen: Peer Networks and Political Behavior (Chicago Studies in American Politics) (ISBN-13: 9780226922829 and ISBN-10: 0226922820), written by authors Betsy Sinclair, was published by University of Chicago Press in 2012. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Sociology books. You can easily purchase or rent The Social Citizen: Peer Networks and Political Behavior (Chicago Studies in American Politics) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Sociology books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.65.

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Human beings are social animals. Yet despite vast amounts of research into political decision making, very little attention has been devoted to its social dimensions. In political science, social relationships are generally thought of as mere sources of information, rather than active influences on one’s political decisions.

Drawing upon data from settings as diverse as South Los Angeles and Chicago’s wealthy North Shore, Betsy Sinclair shows that social networks do not merely inform citizen’s behavior, they can—and do—have the power to change it. From the decision to donate money to a campaign or vote for a particular candidate to declaring oneself a Democrat or Republican, basic political acts are surprisingly subject to social pressures. When members of a social network express a particular political opinion or belief, Sinclair shows, others notice and conform, particularly if their conformity is likely to be highly visible.

We are not just social animals, but social citizens whose political choices are significantly shaped by peer influence. The Social Citizen has important implications for our concept of democratic participation and will force political scientists to revise their notion of voters as socially isolated decision makers.

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