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Elite Polarization and Mass Political Engagement: Information, Alienation, and Mobilization
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- Issue Date
- 2013-06
- Citation
- Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol.20 No.1, pp. 89-109
- Keywords
- Elite Polarization ; Mass Political Engagement ; Alienation ; Mobilization ; Political Information
- Abstract
- Using the cumulative ANES survey (1972-2004), this paper examines the effect of elite polarization on various measures of mass political engagement when alienation, mobilization and informational
factors are included together in the estimation model. I also focus on the conditional effect of existing
cognitive ability of an individual as I explore mass engagement question because citizens can respond
differently to changed informational environment depending on their different levels of education. The
findings of this study indicate that the effects of increasing elite polarization in the U.S. Congress on
mass political engagement is rather ambiguous because the signs and the magnitudes of the effects are
varying by measures of political engagement and levels of education. The ambiguity in findings might
explain why previous research has provided conflicting empirical evidences regarding its effect on mass politics.
- ISSN
- 1226-8550
- Language
- English
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