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UNINA9910454259903321 |
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Autore |
Huckfeldt Robert |
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Titolo |
Politics in Context [[electronic resource] ] : Assimilation and Conflict in Urban Neighborhoods |
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New York, : Algora Publishing, 2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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307.3’362 |
307.3362 |
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Soggetti |
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Neighborhood |
Political participation |
Social interaction |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; 1 . An Introduction to Politics in Context; 2 . Assimilation and Conflict in Urban Contexts; 3 . Contextual Constraints on Friendship Choice; 4. Individual and Contextual Bases of Partisan Attachment; 5 . The Contextual Basis for Ethnic Politics; 6 . Neighborhood Influences on White Flightand Residential Satisfaction; 7 . The Social Context of Political Participation; 8 . Assimilation, Conflict. and the Mechanismsof Contextual Influence; 9 . Assimilation. Conflict. and Tipping Points; 10 . Conclusions and Consequences; Appendix A: The Data Base for This Study |
Appendix B: Methodological Pitfalls and GoalsAppendix C: The Model of Friendship Choice; Appendix D: The Model; Notes; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Political opinions and the behavior of individuals cannot be explained apart from the environments within which they occur. Individual characteristics alone do not determine political actions and opinions. Rather, political behavior must be understood in terms of the actor's relationship to the environment, and the environmental factors that impinge on individual choice. (From the Introduction) ""The central argument of this book is that neighborhood social contexts have important political consequences, not only for individual behavior but |
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