Proximity Politics - How Distance Shapes Public Opinion and Political Behaviors

Proximity Politics is a groundbreaking examination of the role of distance in shaping attitudes, behaviors, and understandings of the world.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
1. The Forest and the Trees
2. Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics: Zika, Ebola, and COVID-19
3. Bombs and Guns: Boston, Paris, and El Paso
4. Protests: #BlackLivesMatter
5. One Size Does Not Fit All: Attitudes Toward Immigration
6. From a Distance: Partisanship, Public Attitudes, and Geographic Proximity Toward the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall
7. The Perfect Storm
8. The Great Drought, with Markie McBrayer
9. So What?
Appendix
Notes
Index

About the author

Jeronimo Cortina is associate professor of political science and executive director of the Population Health Collaborative at the University of Houston. He is coeditor of A Quantitative Tour of the Social Sciences (with Andrew Gelman, 2009) and New Perspectives on International Migration and Development (Columbia, 2013).

Summary

Proximity Politics is a groundbreaking examination of the role of distance in shaping attitudes, behaviors, and understandings of the world.

Product details

• Authors: Jeronimo Cortina, Cortina Jeronimo
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.09.2024
• EAN: 9780231205337
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20533-7
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Political Science, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, Central / national / federal government policies, Human Geography, Central government policies, Public Opinion & Polls, Public opinion and polls, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Opinion Polling