Talking Politics? Educational Category Salience Reinforces Differences in People’s Willingness to Participate in Deliberative Initiatives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6337979 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bram Spruyt (0000-0003-0573-724X, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Belgium), Toon Kuppens (0000-0002-7056-4288, University of Groningen the Netherlands), Russell Spears (0000-0001-5244-0575, University of Groningen the Netherlands), J Van Noord (0000-0002-2351-0260, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Belgium) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 461-478 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-895X • E-ISSN: 1467-9221 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/pops.12558 |
| OpenAlex | W2904488223 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 54 |
Against the background of an ever‐growing body of literature that documents educational differentials in different forms of political participation, scholars have started to study whether education itself becomes the object of intergroup behavior. Informed by social identity theory and self‐categorization theory, we examine whether making educational categories and the associated status differences salient affects people’s prospective political participation. Two large survey experiments carried out in samples from Flanders (Belgium; N = 1,097) and the United States (N = 629) were used to assess categorization effects of education on people’s willingness to participate in deliberative political‐participation initiatives. In general, our results indicated that rendering educational categories salient increased educational differentials in prospective political participation in a way that is disadvantageous to the less educated. We elaborate on the implications of our findings
Biology and political orientation · Categorization · Cognitive psychology · Political science · Politics · Salience (neuroscience · Salient · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |