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Racial Environment and Political Participation

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How does the racial environment influence mass political participation? The power—threat hypothesis predicts that a larger out-group population in the surrounding environment increases citizen participation, whereas the relational goods hypothesis predicts that it decreases participation. I attempt to reconcile these conflicting arguments into a single hypothesis positing that citizens’ decisions to participate in politics are simultaneously shaped by the power—threat and relational goods effects. I conclude that the racial environment plays a significant role as a determinant of mass participation but in ways more complicated than what simple models of contextual effects suggest.

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American Politics Research

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: sage publisher., 2010

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English

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1532673x

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Vol. 38 no. 3 May 2010 pp. 471-501

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Political participation
Racial diversity
Political mobilization
Power threat hypothesis
Relational goods hypothesis

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