02579nam 22004453u 450 991045425990332120210107013432.0(CKB)1000000000688686(EBL)318672(OCoLC)476114018(MiAaPQ)EBC318672(EXLCZ)99100000000068868620130418d2007|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Politics in Context[electronic resource] Assimilation and Conflict in Urban NeighborhoodsNew York Algora Publishing20071 online resource (200 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87586-068-0 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 StudyAppendix B: Methodological Pitfalls and GoalsAppendix C: The Model of Friendship Choice; Appendix D: The Model; Notes; References; IndexPolitical 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 also for the political vitality of groups in the poliNeighborhoodPolitical participationSocial interactionElectronic books.Neighborhood.Political participation.Social interaction.307.3’362307.3362Huckfeldt Robert121310AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910454259903321Politics in Context2182711UNINA