This article examines why people violate rationality and take part in their communities, differentiating by types of participation, particularly political versus other, more communal types of participation. The authors argue that trust plays an important role in participation levels, but contrary to more traditional models, the causal relationship runs from trust to participation. In addition,…
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American Politics Research is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Social Media and Politics, Political Influence and Corporate Strategies.
| Publisher | SAGE |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Author–year (Harvard) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', American Politics Research, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Electoral Systems and Political Participation Social Media and Politics Political Influence and Corporate Strategies Gender Politics and Representation Judicial and Constitutional Studies |
| ISSN | 1532-673X |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 1.13 |
| h-index | 82 |
| i10-index | 660 |
| Total citations | 32,479 |
| Top institutions publishing here | Yale University |
| Journal website | apr.sagepub.com |
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Democratic and Republican partisans dislike the opposing party and its leaders far more than in the past. However, recent studies have argued that the rise of affective polarization in the electorate does not reflect growing policy or ideological differences between supporters of the two parties. According to this view, though Democratic and Republican elites are…
We test the effects of a popular televised source of political humor for young Americans: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. We find that participants exposed to jokes about George W. Bush and John Kerry on The Daily Show tended to rate both candidates more negatively, even when controlling for partisanship and other demographic variables.…
A number of electoral reforms have been enacted in the United States in the past three decades that are designed to increase turnout by easing restrictions on the casting of ballots. Both proponents and opponents of electoral reforms agree that these reforms should increase the demographic representativeness of the electorate by reducing the direct costs…
Scholarly research on the diffusion of policies across state governments focuses predominantly on the pathways of information between the states. Absent from this research is a thorough discussion of the content of the information state governments use when deciding whether or not to adopt an innovative policy. Given the importance of information in decision making,…