Partisan Differences in Nonpartisan Activity: The Case of Charitable Giving
Partisan Differences in Nonpartisan Activity: The Case of Charitable Giving
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DOI：
10.1007/s11109-016-9382-4
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发表时间：
2017-12-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Sances, Michael W.
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作者：
Margolis, Michele F.;Sances, Michael W.
政治身份如何塑造看似非政治的行为，如消费活动？本文探讨了政治分歧对非政治行为的影响程度，重点是对慈善组织的自愿捐款的情况。利用最近的工作显示党派的不同使用“炫耀性消费”，我们开发和测试的期望，如何慈善活动可能不同的民主党和共和党。通过三项全国性调查，包括一项最初的两波小组研究，我们发现党派之间的总体捐赠存在相当大的差异，共和党人平均向慈善机构捐赠更多。我们表明，宗教信仰的党派差异，而不是对政府支出的信念或信号的经济地位的愿望的差异，解释党派的差距给予。我们的研究结果有助于我们了解美国政治分裂的更广泛后果，并为政治认同的社会根源而不是意识形态根源提供了进一步的证据。
How do political identities shape seemingly non-political behaviors, such as consumption activity? This paper explores the extent to which political divisions impact apolitical behaviors, focusing on the case of voluntary donations to charitable organizations. Drawing on recent work showing partisans' differing use of "conspicuous consumption," we develop and test expectations as to how charitable activity may differ for Democrats and Republicans. Using three national surveys, including an original two-wave panel study, we find sizable differences in overall giving between partisans, with Republicans giving more to charity on average. We show that partisan differences in religiosity, and not differences in beliefs about government spending or desires to signal economic status, explain partisan gaps in giving. Our findings contribute to our understanding about the broader consequences of political fragmentation in the United States and provide further evidence for the social, as opposed to ideological, roots of political identity.