POL 346 Lecture 10: Lecture 10
5 Feb 2019
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High status groups respond to threats to their status by trying to project their dominant. Understanding when and why people vote/engage in political action is an important. People who participate = more likely to have their needs catered to by politicians. We compare our groups" status to the status of other relevant groups. When group boundaries are fixed, low status groups who reject their position are likely. Social identity theory review to engage in action to increase their group status position. Today: unpacking the link from group identity to collection action/mobilization/politics. They cant suggests they dont have the resources to. But, are resources the full story? groups - especially blacks - participate more than whites and the resources model would suggest. With resource controls, blacks vote 8% more than whites. Latinos vote to about the same degree as whites. Asians vote far less than they should, 25% lower than whites.
