Religious social networks, indirect mobilization, and African-American political participation
Religious social networks, indirect mobilization, and African-American political participation
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DOI：
10.2307/3219823
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发表时间：
2004-12-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
McKenzie, BD
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作者：
McKenzie, BD
这项研究考察了非裔美国人参加教堂的非正式政治讨论的动员作用。具体地说，我关注的是通过会众社交网络进行的间接政治鼓励。我利用1993-1994年全国黑人政治研究的数据)，检验了间接动员对投票和不投票的政治激进主义的影响的模型。回归分析的结果表明，教会中的非正式政治沟通比神职人员的信息更能有效地刺激政治参与。尤其是。我认为，宗教社交网络中的讨论通过克服参与的悖论，在公民中培养一种激励性的政治意识，从而增加了黑人的激进主义。以及对宗教团体公民规范的回应。我的研究结果表明，频繁去教堂和期望与教区其他居民定期接触，是监督和加强公民规范的重要机制，而神职人员的信息可能不那么有效，因为他们与黑人教堂参与者的联系更疏远。
This study examines the mobilizing effects of informal political discussions among African-American church attenders. Specifically, I focus on indirect political encouragement through congregant social networks. I utilize data from the 1993-1994 National Black Politics Stud), to test models of indirect mobilization effects on voting and non-voting political activism. Findings from regression analyses demonstrate that informal political communication in churches is a more effective stimulus of political involvement than clergy messages. In particular. I argue that discussions in religious social networks increases black activism by overcoming [he paradoxes of participation, developing a motivating political consciousness in citizens. and producing responsiveness to religious group civic norms. My results suggest that frequent church attendance and expectations of regular contact with fellow parishioners serve as important mechanisms for monitoring and reinforcing civic norms, while clergy messages may be less effective due to their more detached connection with black church attenders.