Religion as a Stimulant of Political Participation: Experimental Evidence from Nairobi, Kenya
Religion as a Stimulant of Political Participation: Experimental Evidence from Nairobi, Kenya
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宗教作为政治参与的兴奋剂：来自肯尼亚内罗毕的实验证据
DOI：
10.1086/682717
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发表时间：
2015
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通讯作者：
R. Riedl
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作者：
Gwyneth H. McClendon;R. Riedl
在这篇文章中，我们探讨了某些宗教信息如何刺激或限制政治参与。具体来说，我们测试了宗教信息是否能给个人提供积极的自我形象，使人们产生参与政治的内在效能感。我们在肯尼亚内罗毕通过一个新颖的实验设计来探索这一假设。我们发现，接触到典型的五旬节派和灵恩派教会的自我肯定信息，会激发人们参与政治短信活动。我们将讨论这些发现对撒哈拉以南非洲政治的影响，以及对更普遍的宗教和政治研究的影响。
In this article we explore how certain religious messages may spur or constrain political participation. Specifically, we test whether religious messages that provide individuals a positive self-image can act as stimulants, giving people a sense of internal efficacy to participate in politics. We explore this hypothesis through a novel experimental design in Nairobi, Kenya. We find that exposure to self-affirmation messages typical of Pentecostal and Charismatic churches motivated participation in a political text message campaign. We discuss implications of these findings for politics in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as for the study of religion and politics more generally.