scholarly journals Black hope floats: Racial emotion regulation and the uniquely motivating effects of hope on black political participation

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 662-685
Author(s):  
Davin L. Phoenix
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
The Political ◽  
White Americans ◽  
Original Experiment ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
Opening Up

Drawing upon theories of group based emotion, group based efficacy and appraisal, I propose a model of racial emotion regulation to explain variations in how Black and White Americans respond emotionally and behaviorally to policy opportunity cues. I test the major claims of this model with data from an original experiment and national survey. Findings from the studies indicate that expressions of hope carry a strong and consistent mobilizing effect on the political participation of African Americans, while producing null effects on White participation. I discuss the implications of this model for our understanding of the potential of hope to shape appraisals and perceptions of efficacy among socially marginalized groups, opening up a distinct pathway through which they can be mobilized for political engagement.

From Concerned Shopper to Dutiful Citizen

2012 ◽  
Vol 644 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa R. Gotlieb ◽  
Chris Wells
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
The Political ◽  
Crowding Out ◽  
Political Consumerism ◽  
Political Sphere ◽  
The Relationship

Young citizens are increasingly seeking fulfillment in expressive modes of political participation, and scholars have begun to examine the implications of this trend for engagement in formal politics. While some argue that expressive practices are “crowding out” participation in more conventional civic activities, others more optimistically contend that they have expanded the political repertoires of young citizens, affording them with more opportunities to be engaged. The authors add clarity to this debate by specifying the conditions under which engagement in one particular form of expressive politics, political consumerism, is associated with conventional participation. An analysis of survey data shows that identification with other political consumers significantly enhances the relationship between political consumerism and traditional political engagement, particularly among younger generations of Americans. The authors argue that engaging in political consumerism alongside others provides an important opportunity for young citizens to develop the civic competencies necessary for engagement in the formal political sphere.

Internet Use and Political Participation of American Youth

2010 ◽  
pp. 115-130
Author(s):  
Jody C. Baumgartner
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter examines the relationship between the use of the Internet for campaign information and two dimensions of the political engagement of young adults. Drawing on data from a national survey of 18-24 year olds conducted online during the 2008 presidential campaign, it shows that the effect of Internet use for campaign information on political engagement among youth was marginal. While these young adults did take advantage of opportunities to participate on the Internet, reliance on the Internet for campaign information had no significant effect on knowledge about the campaign or more traditional types of political participation. Despite the promise the Internet holds for increasing political interest and participation, those youth who relied on the Internet as their primary source of campaign information did not seem any more inclined to participate in politics than others in their cohort.

Symbols of Justice or of Social Control? Legal Authority and the Views of African Americans

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
James L. Gibson ◽  
Michael J. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Legal Authority ◽  
White Americans ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Explicit Attitudes ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Implicit Information ◽  
American Legal System

Extant research has established that black and white Americans hold vastly different explicit attitudes about law, justice, and the legal system. What has not been established, however, is whether implicit attitudes—such as the networks of considerations that are activated by the symbols of legal authority—differ between blacks and whites. Earlier research has shown that exposure to the symbols of authority can have legitimacy-enhancing consequences, increasing the likelihood that an unwelcomed court decision will be accepted. Given the negative experiences many African Americans have with legal authorities—and clear evidence that blacks learn vicariously from the experiences of their co-ethnics—it seems unlikely that the finding from earlier research that law is viewed as just and benevolent is widely shared in the black community. Instead, we hypothesize, legal symbols are likely to stimulate associations colored with thoughts of injustice and social control. The American legal system is developing a crisis of legitimacy among its black constituents; understanding how explicit and implicit information processing systems affect black attitudes is therefore of crucial scientific and political relevance.

The Effect of Black Congressional Representation on Political Participation

2001 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 589-602 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudine Gay
Keyword(s):  
African Americans ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
Civil Rights Era ◽  
Midterm Elections ◽  
Congressional Representation ◽  
Voting Participation ◽  
Post Civil Rights

The election of African Americans to Congress is a primary achievement of the post– civil rights transition from protest to politics. I evaluate the link between black congressional representation and political engagement, as measured by voting participation. There are two related objectives: Construct a broader model of participation that takes into account a key component of the political environment since the civil rights era, and more fully appreciate the political significance of minority officeholding by considering its nonpolicy consequences. Using precinct data from eight midterm elections, I demonstrate that the election of blacks to Congress negatively affects white political involvement and only rarely increases political engagement among African Americans.

Politically Invisible in America

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Simon Jackman ◽  
Bradley Spahn
Keyword(s):  
Interest Groups ◽  
Political System ◽  
Party Identification ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Voter Registration ◽  
The Political ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Marginalized Groups ◽  
The Us ◽  
Vote Intention

ABSTRACT Campaigns, parties, interest groups, pollsters, and political scientists rely on voter-registration lists and consumer files to identify people as targets for registration drives, persuasion, and mobilization and to be included in sampling frames for surveys. We introduce a new category of Americans: the politically invisible—that is, people who are unreachable using these voter and marketing lists. Matching a high-quality, random sample of the US population to multiple lists reveals that at least 11% of the adult citizenry is unlisted. An additional 12% is mislisted (i.e., not living at their recorded address). These groups are invisible to list-based campaigns and research, making them difficult or impossible to contact. Two in five Blacks and (citizen) Hispanics are unreachable, but only 18% of whites. The unreachable are poorer than the reachable population, have markedly lower levels of political engagement, and are much less likely to report contact with candidates and campaigns. They are heavily Democratic in party identification and vote intention, favoring Obama versus Romney 73 to 27, with only 16% identifying as Republicans. That the politically invisible are more liberal and from historically marginalized groups shows that the turn to list-based campaigning and research could worsen existing biases in the political system.

scholarly journals Youth doing politics in times of increasing inequalities

Politics ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 026339572110427
Author(s):  
Maria Grasso ◽  
Marco Giugni
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Youth Participation ◽  
The Political ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Political Views ◽  
Current Context ◽  
Life Engagement ◽  
Key Questions

Particularly in the current context of rapid political change it is key to understand the political participation of young people and what underpins their political engagement patterns as well the as the inequalities that may lay beneath them. While there is a rich literature on youth participation, to date we have lacked the data to carry out detailed subgroup analyses to understand differences in the political participation between different groups of youth cross-nationally. The papers in this Special Issue all examine different aspects of youth participation in the current context. They examine key questions for participation including the inequalities, socialising influences, polarisation, online participation, radical political views, tolerance, life engagement and opportunities for social inclusion. This Special Issue thus provides a contemporary analysis of youth participation in Europe in the current historical juncture.

scholarly journals Voices of conflict, reconciliation, and transnational belonging : interrogating the events at the II roundtable discussions for Salvadorans in Canada

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise I-fen Chung Guerrero
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Civil Disobedience ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
The Political ◽  
Strong Indicator ◽  
Conflict Reconciliation ◽  
The Impact

This Major Research Paper is a case study examining an act of civil disobedience at a Salvadoran community event which occurred in 2007 to explore the political participation, transnationlism and a sense of belonging for Salvadorans in Canada. Interviews were done with participants who attended the event as well as members of the community not present. The questions explored are: 1. Is political engagement a strong indicator of social relations within the community? 2. What do these social relations mean for the political participation of Salvadorans and how do these intersections affect their sense of belonging? and; 3. Do these dynamics affect a sense of identity for Salvadoran in Canada? Research data emphasized an understanding of politics as "party politics" among participants, embedded with socio-economic hierarchies which are transferred through generations. Other concepts emerging from the data highlight the political socialization of Salvadorans and the impact of the civil war.

scholarly journals Voices of conflict, reconciliation, and transnational belonging : interrogating the events at the II roundtable discussions for Salvadorans in Canada

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise I-fen Chung Guerrero
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Civil Disobedience ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
The Political ◽  
Strong Indicator ◽  
Conflict Reconciliation ◽  
The Impact

This Major Research Paper is a case study examining an act of civil disobedience at a Salvadoran community event which occurred in 2007 to explore the political participation, transnationlism and a sense of belonging for Salvadorans in Canada. Interviews were done with participants who attended the event as well as members of the community not present. The questions explored are: 1. Is political engagement a strong indicator of social relations within the community? 2. What do these social relations mean for the political participation of Salvadorans and how do these intersections affect their sense of belonging? and; 3. Do these dynamics affect a sense of identity for Salvadoran in Canada? Research data emphasized an understanding of politics as "party politics" among participants, embedded with socio-economic hierarchies which are transferred through generations. Other concepts emerging from the data highlight the political socialization of Salvadorans and the impact of the civil war.

The Race of a More Perfect Union

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. J. Brendese
Keyword(s):  
Collective Memory ◽  
Barack Obama ◽  
The Political ◽  
White Americans ◽  
Black And White ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
2008 Election

This chapter uses the 2008 election of President Barack Obama to examine racial tensions and divisions present in memory, both between and within black and white Americans. P. J. Brendese’s study of Baldwin addresses the political implications of segregated memory in order to dismantle those unconscious barriers preventing the desegregation of history, narrative, and myth. The chapter goes on to expand Baldwin’s views of history; namely, that the past and present are inextricably and forever bound to one another. Utmost emphasis is placed on understanding both individual and societal histories. In order to move forward, a greater collective memory must be rectified, or else the stark divisions present in America’s remembering speak ill of the potential for future progress.

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