Boundaries of Obligation in American Politics - Geographic, National, and Racial Communities

Informationen zum Autor Cara Wong is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She holds a PhD in political science from University of California, Berkeley, and has taught previously at the University of Michigan and Harvard University, Massachusetts. Her research interests include American government and politics, political psychology, and race, ethnicity, and politics. She has published numerous articles on racial and ethnic politics, voting behavior, citizenship, social capital, and multiculturalism in edited volumes and in the following journals: the Journal of Politics, the British Journal of Political Science, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, and the Du Bois Review. Klappentext Based on analysis of eight national surveys, this book examines how people's definition of community shapes their views on governmental redistributive policies. Zusammenfassung Based on analysis of three types of communities and eight national surveys! this book examines how ordinary Americans imagine their communities. Wong concludes that people's definition of their community and delineation of its boundaries shape their views on governmental redistributive policies. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Community and special obligations; 2. The boundaries of imagined communities; 3. Community and geography; 4. Restricting national boundaries; 5. Blurring the color line; Appendices.

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• Authors: Cara Wong, Cara J. Wong, Cara J. (University of Illinois Wong, Wong Cara J.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.03.2010
• EAN: 9780521691840
• ISBN: 978-0-521-69184-0
• No. of pages: 286
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Public Op; Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Political structure and processes, Public Opinion & Polls