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Racial cleavages in political interest.

Block, Ray, Jr.

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Racial cleavages in political interest.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Racial cleavages in political interest./
Author:	Block, Ray, Jr.
Description:	164 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-10, Section: A, page: 3957.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International67-10A.
Subject:	Black Studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3237834
ISBN:	9780542927355

Racial cleavages in political interest.
Block, Ray, Jr.

Racial cleavages in political interest. - 164 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-10, Section: A, page: 3957.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Ohio State University, 2006.

Political interest (the degree to which citizens profess awareness of, are curious about, or pay attention to politics) is an essential topic in the study of democratic participation; however, many assumptions about political interest remain unexamined. Some of these assumptions deal with the impact of race on interest in politics. One way to study the effect of race is to observe differences in expressions of political interest among racial groups. This dissertation, therefore, uses public opinion surveys to compare the level of political interest between African Americans (or "Blacks") and Anglo-Americans (or "Whites"). First, my research considers the conceptualization and measurement of political interest. Second, I analyze the impact of race on political interest as a dependent variable. Finally, my dissertation examines interest in politics as a racialized independent variable predicting political action.

ISBN: 9780542927355Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017673
Black Studies.

Racial cleavages in political interest.
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520 $a Political interest (the degree to which citizens profess awareness of, are curious about, or pay attention to politics) is an essential topic in the study of democratic participation; however, many assumptions about political interest remain unexamined. Some of these assumptions deal with the impact of race on interest in politics. One way to study the effect of race is to observe differences in expressions of political interest among racial groups. This dissertation, therefore, uses public opinion surveys to compare the level of political interest between African Americans (or "Blacks") and Anglo-Americans (or "Whites"). First, my research considers the conceptualization and measurement of political interest. Second, I analyze the impact of race on political interest as a dependent variable. Finally, my dissertation examines interest in politics as a racialized independent variable predicting political action.
520 $a The results from the analyses point to intriguing racial differences in political interest. Chapter 2 examines the effect of subtle changes in questionnaire design on the interpretation of political interest over time. I find that such changes do not bias interest trends as much as the experimental literature suggests, and I devote the remainder of my dissertation to examining racial differences in the amount of political interest shown by Blacks and Whites. By analyzing interest levels over time, Chapter 3 reveals that Whites tend to be more interested in politics than Blacks are. This racial gap in political interest is attributable to societal-level shifts in racial tolerance. In Chapter 4, I study the interaction of race and political interest and its effect on political behavior. I find that race determines the strength of the relationship between political interest and political participation. Specifically, the link between interest and participation is stronger for Whites than it is for Blacks. Chapter 5 concludes the dissertation by discussing the implications of these findings for our understanding of race as a central concept in American politics, for the future of political interest scholarship, and for contemporary debates over how best to mobilize an allegedly apathetic society.
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