John G Speer
Biographic Data
| ID | 1708162 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John G Speer |
| GIVEN NAMES | John G |
| FAMILY NAME | Speer |
| SIGNATURE | SPEER J G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Houston Community College System |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6876-3360 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Associations and Activism
Studies of Latin American civil society tend to assume that popular organizations promote "high-intensity" forms of political participation while political parties mainly encourage voting. This study compares the influence of these two forces in the urban informal sector. Association involvement, low in both samples, is related to "higher-intensity" participation, but the differential influence of associations and parties holds only for Costa Ric…
The Psychological Bases of Regime Support among Urban Workers in Venezuela and Mexico
Most recent studies of political behavior in Latin America have stressed the instrumental basis of lower-class political preferences and activity. This study examines empirically the relative influence of symbolic and normative orientations to politics and of economic utility on the political preferences and attitudes of urban workers in Mexico and Venezuela. In both countries, symbolic and normative orientations are found to exert a more powerfu…
The Psychological Bases of Regime Support among Urban Workers in Venezuela and Mexico
Most recent studies of political behavior in Latin America have stressed the instrumental basis of lower-class political preferences and activity. This study examines empirically the relative influence of symbolic and normative orientations to politics and of economic utility on the political preferences and attitudes of urban workers in Mexico and Venezuela. In both countries, symbolic and normative orientations are found to exert a more powerfu…
Associations and Activism
Studies of Latin American civil society tend to assume that popular organizations promote "high-intensity" forms of political participation while political parties mainly encourage voting. This study compares the influence of these two forces in the urban informal sector. Association involvement, low in both samples, is related to "higher-intensity" participation, but the differential influence of associations and parties holds only for Costa Ric…
The Psychological Bases of Regime Support among Urban Workers in Venezuela and Mexico
Most recent studies of political behavior in Latin America have stressed the instrumental basis of lower-class political preferences and activity. This study examines empirically the relative influence of symbolic and normative orientations to politics and of economic utility on the political preferences and attitudes of urban workers in Mexico and Venezuela. In both countries, symbolic and normative orientations are found to exert a more powerfu…
Associations and Activism
Studies of Latin American civil society tend to assume that popular organizations promote "high-intensity" forms of political participation while political parties mainly encourage voting. This study compares the influence of these two forces in the urban informal sector. Association involvement, low in both samples, is related to "higher-intensity" participation, but the differential influence of associations and parties holds only for Costa Ric…
Economics (2 works) · Latin Americans (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Civil society (1 works) · Economic growth (1 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (1 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (1 works)