Heidi M Berggren
Biographic Data
| ID | 1488859 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heidi M Berggren |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heidi M |
| FAMILY NAME | Berggren |
| SIGNATURE | BERGGREN H M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1806-1461 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Sustainability and Sociability
This study argues that environmental-sustainability and adjacent practices and identities are conducive to community cohesion in cohousing in the U.S. The theoretical framework draws from cohousing research based on social practice theory and on degrowth concepts. Data came from a Cohousing Research Network combined individual resident- and community-level survey data set (level-1 N = 272, level-2 N = 39). Two multi-level models of community conn…
Is cohousing good for democracy? Comparing political participation among residents of cohousing communities and traditional condominium developments
This study assesses the argument that cohousing constitutes a politically fertile form of civil-society association, which hones political skills and cultivates political efficacy among residents, by comparing self-reported political participation levels of residents of cohousing and residents of condominiums. This design allows for more causal leverage than found in past research. However, the findings are still exploratory. Data from a nationwi…
Cohousing as Civic Society
Objective The civic‐society literature argues that members of voluntary civic associations engage in community building and other activities that hone political skills and cultivate a sense of efficacy, which can lead to higher levels of participation in politics. This study situates cohousing in the civic‐society literature and asks whether cohousing as a form of civic association encourages participation in electoral politics. Methods Data from…
US family‐leave policy
Family‐leave policy in the USA is essentially regulatory, providing for work–family supports that are unpaid and otherwise relatively limited in substance and scope. Using a path‐dependency informed analysis of policy developments from the 1920s through the 1990s, I argue that these central defining qualities stem from government involvement beginning in the first part of the 20th century in helping the private sector to construct what I theorize…
Satisfied? Institutional Determinants of Citizen Evaluations of Democracy
Based on theories about party and electoral systems provided by Downs (1957), Anderson and Guillory (1997), and Duverger (1984), we examine the relationship between citizen satisfaction with democracy and the institutional context in which democratic participation takes place. Using a multi‐level design that controls for both institutional‐level and individual‐level differences, we find that as the number of political parties increases, citizen s…
Women's and Men's Access to Employer-Provided Benefits
This article asks whether the rising number of women in the paid labor force over the last half-century has been accompanied by a parallel trend of increased recognition of a breadwinning status for women, or if traditional role conceptions have persisted in spite of women's changed economic and social circumstances. I theorize that employer-provided benefits are a unique form of compensation that, by helping parents balance work and family, dire…
Institutional Context and Reduction of the Resource Bias in Political Sophistication
Institutional Context and Reduction of the Resource Bias in Political Sophistication
I argue that institutional context conditions the effect of socioeconomic resources on individuals' levels of political sophistication. Specifically, because the decision to become sophisticated is quite expensive for citizens at the lower end of the SES scale, the relatively high levels of free information produced in certain party and electoral system contexts leads disproportionately large numbers of these citizens-as compared to those with mo…
Institutional Context and Reduction of the Resource Bias in Political Sophistication
I argue that institutional context conditions the effect of socioeconomic resources on individuals' levels of political sophistication. Specifically, because the decision to become sophisticated is quite expensive for citizens at the lower end of the SES scale, the relatively high levels of free information produced in certain party and electoral system contexts leads disproportionately large numbers of these citizens-as compared to those with mo…
Satisfied? Institutional Determinants of Citizen Evaluations of Democracy
Based on theories about party and electoral systems provided by Downs (1957), Anderson and Guillory (1997), and Duverger (1984), we examine the relationship between citizen satisfaction with democracy and the institutional context in which democratic participation takes place. Using a multi‐level design that controls for both institutional‐level and individual‐level differences, we find that as the number of political parties increases, citizen s…
US family‐leave policy
Family‐leave policy in the USA is essentially regulatory, providing for work–family supports that are unpaid and otherwise relatively limited in substance and scope. Using a path‐dependency informed analysis of policy developments from the 1920s through the 1990s, I argue that these central defining qualities stem from government involvement beginning in the first part of the 20th century in helping the private sector to construct what I theorize…
Women's and Men's Access to Employer-Provided Benefits
This article asks whether the rising number of women in the paid labor force over the last half-century has been accompanied by a parallel trend of increased recognition of a breadwinning status for women, or if traditional role conceptions have persisted in spite of women's changed economic and social circumstances. I theorize that employer-provided benefits are a unique form of compensation that, by helping parents balance work and family, dire…
Cohousing as Civic Society
Objective The civic‐society literature argues that members of voluntary civic associations engage in community building and other activities that hone political skills and cultivate a sense of efficacy, which can lead to higher levels of participation in politics. This study situates cohousing in the civic‐society literature and asks whether cohousing as a form of civic association encourages participation in electoral politics. Methods Data from…
Institutional Context and Reduction of the Resource Bias in Political Sophistication
Institutional Context and Reduction of the Resource Bias in Political Sophistication
I argue that institutional context conditions the effect of socioeconomic resources on individuals' levels of political sophistication. Specifically, because the decision to become sophisticated is quite expensive for citizens at the lower end of the SES scale, the relatively high levels of free information produced in certain party and electoral system contexts leads disproportionately large numbers of these citizens-as compared to those with mo…
Women's and Men's Access to Employer-Provided Benefits
This article asks whether the rising number of women in the paid labor force over the last half-century has been accompanied by a parallel trend of increased recognition of a breadwinning status for women, or if traditional role conceptions have persisted in spite of women's changed economic and social circumstances. I theorize that employer-provided benefits are a unique form of compensation that, by helping parents balance work and family, dire…
Satisfied? Institutional Determinants of Citizen Evaluations of Democracy
Based on theories about party and electoral systems provided by Downs (1957), Anderson and Guillory (1997), and Duverger (1984), we examine the relationship between citizen satisfaction with democracy and the institutional context in which democratic participation takes place. Using a multi‐level design that controls for both institutional‐level and individual‐level differences, we find that as the number of political parties increases, citizen s…
US family‐leave policy
Family‐leave policy in the USA is essentially regulatory, providing for work–family supports that are unpaid and otherwise relatively limited in substance and scope. Using a path‐dependency informed analysis of policy developments from the 1920s through the 1990s, I argue that these central defining qualities stem from government involvement beginning in the first part of the 20th century in helping the private sector to construct what I theorize…
Cohousing as Civic Society
Objective The civic‐society literature argues that members of voluntary civic associations engage in community building and other activities that hone political skills and cultivate a sense of efficacy, which can lead to higher levels of participation in politics. This study situates cohousing in the civic‐society literature and asks whether cohousing as a form of civic association encourages participation in electoral politics. Methods Data from…
Is cohousing good for democracy? Comparing political participation among residents of cohousing communities and traditional condominium developments
This study assesses the argument that cohousing constitutes a politically fertile form of civil-society association, which hones political skills and cultivates political efficacy among residents, by comparing self-reported political participation levels of residents of cohousing and residents of condominiums. This design allows for more causal leverage than found in past research. However, the findings are still exploratory. Data from a nationwi…
Sustainability and Sociability
This study argues that environmental-sustainability and adjacent practices and identities are conducive to community cohesion in cohousing in the U.S. The theoretical framework draws from cohousing research based on social practice theory and on degrowth concepts. Data came from a Cohousing Research Network combined individual resident- and community-level survey data set (level-1 N = 272, level-2 N = 39). Two multi-level models of community conn…
Political science (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Collaborative and Sustainable Housing Initiatives (3 works) · Context (archaeology (3 works) · Democracy (3 works)