Persuasive Peers: Social Communication and Voting in Latin America by Andy Baker

Description: Persuasive Peers by Andy Baker, Barry Ames, LÚcio Rennó How voting behavior in Latin America is influenced by social networks and everyday communication among peersIn Latin Americas new democracies, political parties and mass partisanship are not deeply entrenched, leaving many votes up for grabs during election campaigns. In a typical presidential election season, between one-quarter and one-half FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description How voting behavior in Latin America is influenced by social networks and everyday communication among peersIn Latin Americas new democracies, political parties and mass partisanship are not deeply entrenched, leaving many votes up for grabs during election campaigns. In a typical presidential election season, between one-quarter and one-half of all voters-figures unheard of in older democracies-change their voting intentions across party lines in the months before election day. Advancing a new theory of Latin American voting behavior, Persuasive Peers argues that political discussions within informal social networks among family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, and acquaintances explain this volatility and exert a major influence on final voting choices.Relying on unique survey and interview data from Latin America, the authors show that weakly committed voters defer to their politically knowledgeable peers, creating vast amounts of preference change as political campaigns unfold. Peer influences also matter for unwavering voters, who tend to have social contacts that reinforce their voting intentions. Social influence increases political conformity among voters within neighborhoods, states, and even entire regions, and the authors illustrate how party machines use the social topography of electorates to buy off well-connected voters who can magnify the impact of the payoff.Persuasive Peers demonstrates how everyday communication shapes political outcomes in Latin Americas less-institutionalized democracies. Author Biography Andy Baker is professor of political science and director of the Program on International Development at the University of Colorado Boulder. Barry Ames is the Andrew Mellon Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Pittsburgh. Lcio Renn is professor of political science at the University of Braslia. Review "Winner of the Best Book Award, Political Networks Section of the American Political Science Association" Long Description How voting behavior in Latin America is influenced by social networks and everyday communication among peersIn Latin Americas new democracies, political parties and mass partisanship are not deeply entrenched, leaving many votes up for grabs during election campaigns. In a typical presidential election season, between one-quarter and one-half of all voters-figures unheard of in older democracies-change their voting intentions across party lines in the months before election day. Advancing a new theory of Latin American voting behavior, Persuasive Peers argues that political discussions within informal social networks among family members, friends, neighbors, coworkers, and acquaintances explain this volatility and exert a major influence on final voting choices.Relying on unique survey and interview data from Latin America, the authors show that weakly committed voters defer to their politically knowledgeable peers, creating vast amounts of preference change as political campaigns unfold. Peer influences also matter for unwavering voters, who tend to have social contacts that reinforce their voting intentions. Social influence increases political conformity among voters within neighborhoods, states, and even entire regions, and the authors illustrate how party machines use the social topography of electorates to buy off well-connected voters who can magnify the impact of the payoff.Persuasive Peers demonstrates how everyday communication shapes political outcomes in Latin Americas less-institutionalized democracies. Review Quote "Winner of the Best Book Award, Political Networks Section of the American Political Science Association" Details ISBN0691205779 Author LÚcio Rennó Short Title Persuasive Peers Publisher Princeton University Press Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 0691205779 ISBN-13 9780691205779 Format Paperback Publication Date 2020-10-27 Subtitle Social Communication and Voting in Latin America DEWEY 324.98 UK Release Date 2020-10-27 Imprint Princeton University Press Place of Publication New Jersey Country of Publication United States NZ Release Date 2020-10-27 US Release Date 2020-10-27 Illustrations 55 b/w illus. 40 tables. Series Princeton Studies in Global and Comparative Sociology Alternative 9780691205786 AU Release Date 2021-01-03 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Pages 394 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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