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<div>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.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>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.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>We are not just social animals, but social citizens whose political choices are significantly shaped by peer influence. <i>The Social Citizen</i> has important implications for our concept of dem

Author

Sinclair, Betsy

Publisher

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226922829

Subjects

Sociology, Political Science, Social_sciences