Allison P Anoll
Biographic Data
| ID | 1137233 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allison P Anoll |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allison P |
| FAMILY NAME | Anoll |
| SIGNATURE | ANOLL A P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Vanderbilt University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5442-4237 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 107 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
What Does Race Mean? Racial Disparities in the Public Mind
Racial Context(s) in American Political Behavior
Since Key and Allport, scholars have argued that racial context affects political behavior, with some finding out-group contact increases intergroup hostility and others showing the opposite. We argue that Americans exist in multiple racial contexts simultaneously that may overlap or conflict, helping to explain past discord. Using novel data, we document in-group embeddedness among the four largest U.S. ethnoracial groups for three kinds of raci…
From Protest to Child-Rearing
Classic political behavior studies assert that childhood socialization can contribute to later political orientations. But, as adults consider how to introduce children to politics, what shapes their decisions? We argue socialization is itself political with adults changing their socialization priorities in response to salient political events including social movements. Using Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and race socialization as a case, we…
Response to Nicole Yadon’s Review of The Obligation Mosaic
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A Drop in the Ocean
That black and white Americans disagree about the carceral state is well established; why this is the case is much less clear. Drawing on group hierarchy theory and the state's role in perpetuating group subordination/domination, we theorize that differences in socialization and contact during emergent adulthood produce divergent priors for racial groups and gender subgroups within race. These different starting points shape how people integrate …
Chapter 7. Norms and High-Cost Participation
In addition to voting in federal elections, Americans can make their voices heard in the political sphere in several ways: by engaging in local elections, attending protests, or contacting elected officials, to name a few. And yet, these acts are relatively uncommon, this chapter documents. Can social norms help explain why some people engage in these high-cost forms of political participation? Looking at Asian, Black, Latino, and White Americans…
Chapter 4. Finding Purpose in the Past
Qualitative interviews suggested that beliefs about how best to honor the past vary across racial groups with consequences for political participation (Ch.3). This chapter tests this claim empirically using a representative sample of the four largest racial groups in the United States—Asian, Black, Latino, and White Americans. The chapter presents a theory about why immigration, perceived Americanness, and racial hierarchy influence the creation …
Chapter 8. The Present and Future of Participatory Social Norms
This chapter summarizes findings from the book and suggests ways participatory social norms can mobilize Americans across race. Reimagining the salient parts of a group's history is one avenue, with the chapter examining Asian Americans and Latinos. The chapter also looks to principles of asset-based community development to understand how norms can be reimagined as latent assets to be activated for more equal political participation in the Unite…
Chapter 1. The Value and Meaning of Political Participation
Not everyone participates equally in politics in the United States and some racial groups participate on average more than others. Why? Political scientists have long pointed to differences in costs and resources to explain patterns in voting and high-cost political participation, but even when controlling for these factors, important variation emerges. Turning from costs to incentives, this chapter introduces the idea that social norms, shaped b…
Chapter 5. Taking Care of Those in Need
Prosocial behaviors like helping others are central to human society. But there are many ways to help—including through political participation. Do racial groups in the United States vary in the degree to which they connect political activity, versus charitable or religious activity, to the helping hands norm? Differences in racial group status, experiences with structural disadvantage, and the broader system of racial hierarchy in the United Sta…
Chapter 3. Which Norms?
Which norms matter for political participation in the United States? How do they vary across race, if at all? Using the method of grounded theory development, this chapter uses qualitative interviews with Black Americans and Asian Americans to identify participatory social norms that may shape orientations towards politics. Two norms are identified: the honoring ancestors norm and helping hands norm. The interviews reveal that both norms are stro…
Chapter 2. The Racialized Norms Model
Collective action inherently involves costs and the problem of free-riding, and yet some people engage in politics. This chapter provides a review of the literature from the rational choice and social psychology traditions, which suggests that selective incentives and social norms help explain why some people participate in politics. Joining these traditions with a theory of groups, the chapter presents the racialized norms model: because of dive…
Chapter 6. Norms and National Turnout
Federal elections like those to select the president or congressional representatives are highly publicized events in the United States with many mobilization efforts involved. Still, only about half of Americans turnout for these elections. Can social norms help explain who turns out and why voting varies across racial groups? Using validated vote data from 2016, 2014, and 2012, results show that the honoring ancestors norm regularly outperforms…
The Obligation Mosaic
Contact and Context
Previous research shows that how the state conducts itself influences citizen attitudes and behaviors through direct and proximal contact; we show the actions of state agents ripple out even further. Joining bureaucratic data on a publicly observable state behavior—racial disparities in investigatory traffic stops—with survey data, this article shows that residing in a place with extreme racial disparities in traffic stops is associated with depr…
Black Lives, White Kids
Summer 2020 saw widespread protests under the banner Black Lives Matter. Coupled with the global pandemic that kept America’s children in the predominant care of their parents, we argue that the latter half of 2020 offers a unique moment to consider whites’ race-focused parenting practices. We use Google Trends data and posts on public parenting Facebook pages to show that the remarkable levels of protest activity in summer 2020 served as a focus…
Do Felony Disenfranchisement Laws (De)Mobilize? A Case of Surrogate Participation
Recent studies provide conflicting accounts of whether indirect contact with the American carceral state mobilizes. We revisit this controversy, using a large national survey of Black Americans that includes a novel measure of social connections to people with felony convictions to examine spillover dynamics. We find that while ties to the carceral state are widespread, the impact of these connections on participation is moderated by the severity…
What Makes a Good Neighbor? Race, Place, and Norms of Political Participation
Social norms are thought to motivate behaviors like political participation, but context should influence both the content and activation of these norms. I show that both race and neighborhood context moderate the social value of political participation in the United States. Using original survey data and a survey experiment, I find that Whites, Blacks, and Latinos not only conceptualize participation differently, but also asymmetrically reward t…
What Makes a Good Neighbor? Race, Place, and Norms of Political Participation
Social norms are thought to motivate behaviors like political participation, but context should influence both the content and activation of these norms. I show that both race and neighborhood context moderate the social value of political participation in the United States. Using original survey data and a survey experiment, I find that Whites, Blacks, and Latinos not only conceptualize participation differently, but also asymmetrically reward t…
Do Felony Disenfranchisement Laws (De)Mobilize? A Case of Surrogate Participation
Recent studies provide conflicting accounts of whether indirect contact with the American carceral state mobilizes. We revisit this controversy, using a large national survey of Black Americans that includes a novel measure of social connections to people with felony convictions to examine spillover dynamics. We find that while ties to the carceral state are widespread, the impact of these connections on participation is moderated by the severity…
The Obligation Mosaic
Contact and Context
Previous research shows that how the state conducts itself influences citizen attitudes and behaviors through direct and proximal contact; we show the actions of state agents ripple out even further. Joining bureaucratic data on a publicly observable state behavior—racial disparities in investigatory traffic stops—with survey data, this article shows that residing in a place with extreme racial disparities in traffic stops is associated with depr…
Black Lives, White Kids
Summer 2020 saw widespread protests under the banner Black Lives Matter. Coupled with the global pandemic that kept America’s children in the predominant care of their parents, we argue that the latter half of 2020 offers a unique moment to consider whites’ race-focused parenting practices. We use Google Trends data and posts on public parenting Facebook pages to show that the remarkable levels of protest activity in summer 2020 served as a focus…
From Protest to Child-Rearing
Classic political behavior studies assert that childhood socialization can contribute to later political orientations. But, as adults consider how to introduce children to politics, what shapes their decisions? We argue socialization is itself political with adults changing their socialization priorities in response to salient political events including social movements. Using Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and race socialization as a case, we…
A Drop in the Ocean
That black and white Americans disagree about the carceral state is well established; why this is the case is much less clear. Drawing on group hierarchy theory and the state's role in perpetuating group subordination/domination, we theorize that differences in socialization and contact during emergent adulthood produce divergent priors for racial groups and gender subgroups within race. These different starting points shape how people integrate …
Racial Context(s) in American Political Behavior
Since Key and Allport, scholars have argued that racial context affects political behavior, with some finding out-group contact increases intergroup hostility and others showing the opposite. We argue that Americans exist in multiple racial contexts simultaneously that may overlap or conflict, helping to explain past discord. Using novel data, we document in-group embeddedness among the four largest U.S. ethnoracial groups for three kinds of raci…
What Makes a Good Neighbor? Race, Place, and Norms of Political Participation
Social norms are thought to motivate behaviors like political participation, but context should influence both the content and activation of these norms. I show that both race and neighborhood context moderate the social value of political participation in the United States. Using original survey data and a survey experiment, I find that Whites, Blacks, and Latinos not only conceptualize participation differently, but also asymmetrically reward t…
Do Felony Disenfranchisement Laws (De)Mobilize? A Case of Surrogate Participation
Recent studies provide conflicting accounts of whether indirect contact with the American carceral state mobilizes. We revisit this controversy, using a large national survey of Black Americans that includes a novel measure of social connections to people with felony convictions to examine spillover dynamics. We find that while ties to the carceral state are widespread, the impact of these connections on participation is moderated by the severity…
Chapter 7. Norms and High-Cost Participation
In addition to voting in federal elections, Americans can make their voices heard in the political sphere in several ways: by engaging in local elections, attending protests, or contacting elected officials, to name a few. And yet, these acts are relatively uncommon, this chapter documents. Can social norms help explain why some people engage in these high-cost forms of political participation? Looking at Asian, Black, Latino, and White Americans…
Chapter 4. Finding Purpose in the Past
Qualitative interviews suggested that beliefs about how best to honor the past vary across racial groups with consequences for political participation (Ch.3). This chapter tests this claim empirically using a representative sample of the four largest racial groups in the United States—Asian, Black, Latino, and White Americans. The chapter presents a theory about why immigration, perceived Americanness, and racial hierarchy influence the creation …
Chapter 8. The Present and Future of Participatory Social Norms
This chapter summarizes findings from the book and suggests ways participatory social norms can mobilize Americans across race. Reimagining the salient parts of a group's history is one avenue, with the chapter examining Asian Americans and Latinos. The chapter also looks to principles of asset-based community development to understand how norms can be reimagined as latent assets to be activated for more equal political participation in the Unite…
Chapter 1. The Value and Meaning of Political Participation
Not everyone participates equally in politics in the United States and some racial groups participate on average more than others. Why? Political scientists have long pointed to differences in costs and resources to explain patterns in voting and high-cost political participation, but even when controlling for these factors, important variation emerges. Turning from costs to incentives, this chapter introduces the idea that social norms, shaped b…
Chapter 5. Taking Care of Those in Need
Prosocial behaviors like helping others are central to human society. But there are many ways to help—including through political participation. Do racial groups in the United States vary in the degree to which they connect political activity, versus charitable or religious activity, to the helping hands norm? Differences in racial group status, experiences with structural disadvantage, and the broader system of racial hierarchy in the United Sta…
Chapter 3. Which Norms?
Which norms matter for political participation in the United States? How do they vary across race, if at all? Using the method of grounded theory development, this chapter uses qualitative interviews with Black Americans and Asian Americans to identify participatory social norms that may shape orientations towards politics. Two norms are identified: the honoring ancestors norm and helping hands norm. The interviews reveal that both norms are stro…
Chapter 2. The Racialized Norms Model
Collective action inherently involves costs and the problem of free-riding, and yet some people engage in politics. This chapter provides a review of the literature from the rational choice and social psychology traditions, which suggests that selective incentives and social norms help explain why some people participate in politics. Joining these traditions with a theory of groups, the chapter presents the racialized norms model: because of dive…
Chapter 6. Norms and National Turnout
Federal elections like those to select the president or congressional representatives are highly publicized events in the United States with many mobilization efforts involved. Still, only about half of Americans turnout for these elections. Can social norms help explain who turns out and why voting varies across racial groups? Using validated vote data from 2016, 2014, and 2012, results show that the honoring ancestors norm regularly outperforms…
The Obligation Mosaic
Contact and Context
Previous research shows that how the state conducts itself influences citizen attitudes and behaviors through direct and proximal contact; we show the actions of state agents ripple out even further. Joining bureaucratic data on a publicly observable state behavior—racial disparities in investigatory traffic stops—with survey data, this article shows that residing in a place with extreme racial disparities in traffic stops is associated with depr…
Black Lives, White Kids
Summer 2020 saw widespread protests under the banner Black Lives Matter. Coupled with the global pandemic that kept America’s children in the predominant care of their parents, we argue that the latter half of 2020 offers a unique moment to consider whites’ race-focused parenting practices. We use Google Trends data and posts on public parenting Facebook pages to show that the remarkable levels of protest activity in summer 2020 served as a focus…
Response to Nicole Yadon’s Review of The Obligation Mosaic
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the ‘Save PDF’ action button
A Drop in the Ocean
That black and white Americans disagree about the carceral state is well established; why this is the case is much less clear. Drawing on group hierarchy theory and the state's role in perpetuating group subordination/domination, we theorize that differences in socialization and contact during emergent adulthood produce divergent priors for racial groups and gender subgroups within race. These different starting points shape how people integrate …
What Does Race Mean? Racial Disparities in the Public Mind
Racial Context(s) in American Political Behavior
Since Key and Allport, scholars have argued that racial context affects political behavior, with some finding out-group contact increases intergroup hostility and others showing the opposite. We argue that Americans exist in multiple racial contexts simultaneously that may overlap or conflict, helping to explain past discord. Using novel data, we document in-group embeddedness among the four largest U.S. ethnoracial groups for three kinds of raci…
From Protest to Child-Rearing
Classic political behavior studies assert that childhood socialization can contribute to later political orientations. But, as adults consider how to introduce children to politics, what shapes their decisions? We argue socialization is itself political with adults changing their socialization priorities in response to salient political events including social movements. Using Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and race socialization as a case, we…
Political science (18 works) · Politics (16 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Gender Studies (13 works) · Psychology (13 works) · Law (12 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (7 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Geography (7 works)