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Social identities and political cleavages: the role of political context

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  • Robert Andersen
  • Anthony Heath

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Summary. Using a novel method, the paper investigates the influence of social group identities on attitudes and on voting in a variety of political contexts. Examining the major regions of Britain, Canada and the USA, we find considerable national and regional diversity in the nature of social cleavages. For example, social class and race had widely different effects across societies, but within societies their effects on attitudes and on voting were very similar. However, despite that, age and religion had a similar effect on attitudes across societies; the effects on voting varied considerably. The significant within‐country differences underline the importance of using region, rather than country, as the unit of analysis. More importantly, these results highlight the role of political context, especially competing cleavages and the structure of party competition, in the establishment of politically relevant social cleavages.

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  • Robert Andersen & Anthony Heath, 2003. "Social identities and political cleavages: the role of political context," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 166(3), pages 301-327, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jorssa:v:166:y:2003:i:3:p:301-327
    DOI: 10.1111/1467-985X.00279
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    1. Anjali Morar & Tinashe Chuchu, 2015. "To Vote or Not To Vote: Marketing Factors Influencing the Voting Intention of University Students in Johannesburg," Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies, AMH International, vol. 7(6), pages 81-93.
    2. Robert Andersen, 2012. "GINI DP 47: Support for Democracy in Cross-National Perspective: The Detrimental Effect of Economic Inequality," GINI Discussion Papers 47, AIAS, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies.
    3. Robert Andersen & Tina Fetner, 2008. "Economic Inequality and Intolerance: Attitudes toward Homosexuality in 35 Democracies," American Journal of Political Science, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 52(4), pages 942-958, October.
    4. Josh Curtis & Robert Andersen, 2015. "How Social Class Shapes Attitudes on Economic Inequality: The Competing Forces of Self-Interest and Legitimation," LIS Working papers 644, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.

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