Minority Participation

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Minority Participation

• Session 15

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Strength in Numbers

• . . . Premise . . individuals of lesser social
  status rely on the political mobilization of
  organized groups more heavily than do individuals
  of greater social status
• This premise has been tested for anglo
  participation

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Strength in Numbers (continued)

• Basically the Rational Choice Model again
• With Elite mobilization
• Relational goods incentives (benefits) enjoyed
  by individuals as members of groups
• racial/ethnic context immediate social context
• What is the critically important contribution
  here (which one of these components have we not
  seen before?)

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Numbers? Theoretical Framework (continued)

• What are expressive/consumptive benefits?
• What are some types of relational goods?
• Why might models of participation that explain
  the behavior of others not work when applied to
  Black political behavior?
• What are possible relationships between ideology
  and mobilization?
• What are possible relationships between group
  size and mobilization?
• What is the relationship between empowerment and
  mobilization?

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What the data tell us

• The Resource Model Institutional or Civic
  Mobilization (nonpolitical institutions)
• Mobilization (or Particularized Mobilization)
  the concept from Rosenstone and Hansen. Contact
  by elites for a particular activity.
• Mobilization is structured by race/ethnicity
  particularized mobilization is less likely for
  members of minority groups

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Mobilization Group Size and Political
Empowerment

• Group Size
• Group concentration and noncitizenship
• Majority and minority ethnic groups
• Political Empowerment
• Policy representation must occur from within
  the system
• Minority members in elective office

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Mobilization

• Types campaign mobilization, contacting
  mobilization, local activity mobilization
• Sources friend, neighbor, boss, relative,
  co-worker

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Mobilization

• Class, ideology, group size, and empowerment
• Mobilization levels across racial/ethnic groups

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Mobilization and Voting

• Relational Goods Participation Model
• Overall participation and turnout