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Record Nr.

UNINA9910426050703321

Autore

Vila-Henninger Luis Antonio

Titolo

Social Justification and Political Legitimacy : How Voters Rationalize Direct Democratic Economic Policy in America / / by Luis Antonio Vila-Henninger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030517168

3030517160

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 331 p. 1 illus.)

Disciplina

324.9

Soggetti

Political sociology

Social sciences

Political planning

Political science

Political Sociology

Society

Public Policy

Political Science

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I -- Chapter 2. Theory -- Chapter 3. Analytical Approach and Broader American Political and Economic Discourses -- Chapter 4. Data and Methods -- Part II -- Chapter 5. Proposition 201 (2008) -- Chapter 6. Proposition 202 (2008) -- Chapter 7. Proposition 204 (2012) -- Chapter 8. Moral Economies -- Chapter 9. Conclusion and Theory Building.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume explores voters' political rationalizations. The author analyzes semi-structured interview data from 120 American voters collected from 2013-2015 about their positions on three economic referenda-or "direct democratic economic policies" (DDEPs) on the Arizona state ballot from 2008-2012. Building on the literature on voter reasoning and rationalization, the author firstly probes how the intersection of economic position and partisan affiliation shape partisan



voters' rationalizations of their DDEP positions. Secondly, he investigates the political and economic discourses that voters use to justify their DDEP positions. This book extends classic sociological theories of individual-level and collective legitimacy, along with contemporary theories of voter rationalization. The findings also help to build theories of American political ideology and values, neoliberalism, moral economy, and norms of self-interest.