Godless Democrats and Pious Republicans?: Party Activists, Party Capture, and the 'God Gap' - Couverture rigide

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Claassen, Ryan L.

 
9781107088443: Godless Democrats and Pious Republicans?: Party Activists, Party Capture, and the 'God Gap'
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ISBN 10 : 1107088445 ISBN 13 : 9781107088443
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Do Evangelical activists control the Republican Party? Do secular activists control the Democratic Party? In Godless Democrats and Pious Republicans?, Ryan Claassen carefully assesses the way campaign activists represent religious and non-religious groups in American political parties dating back to the 1960s. By providing a new theoretical framework for investigating the connections between macro social and political trends, the results challenge a conventional wisdom in which recently mobilized religious and Secular extremists captured the parties and created a God gap. The new approach reveals that very basic social and demographic trends matter far more than previously recognized and that mobilization matters far less. The God gap in voting is real, but it was not created by Christian Right mobilization efforts and a Secular backlash. Where others see culture wars and captured parties, Claassen finds many religious divisions in American politics are artifacts of basic social changes. This very basic insight leads to many profoundly different conclusions about the motivations of religious and non-religious activists and voters.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ryan L. Claassen is Associate Professor of Political Science at Kent State University. His research investigates political engagement – especially the role of engagement shaping the capacity of individuals and groups of individuals in the American public to effectively contribute to public opinion and compete democratically. His work has appeared in American Politics Research, the Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly, and Public Opinion Quarterly.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1107088445
ISBN 13 
9781107088443
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
207
Coordonnées du fabricant
Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/

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ISBN 10 :  1107459265 ISBN 13 :  9781107459267
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2015
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