Families' values

Families' values: how parents, siblings, and children affect political attitudes

by Urbatsch, Robert

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Families are a pervasive influence in life, yet their influence on political beliefs has been little studied beyond the idea that parents and spouses pass along their beliefs. This book explores a broader set of links between family circumstances and political attitudes. It provides evidence that behaviours without explicit political intention - such as choosing to work or to take multiple children to the same extracurricular activities - can shape the ideologies of close relatives and that sib…

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  • Full title :Families' values : how parents, siblings, and children affect political attitudes / R. Urbatsch.

Summary

Families are a pervasive influence in life, yet their influence on political beliefs has been little studied beyond the idea that parents and spouses pass along their beliefs. This book explores a broader set of links between family circumstances and political attitudes. It provides evidence that behaviours without explicit political intention - such as choosing to work or to take multiple children to the same extracurricular activities - can shape the ideologies of close relatives and that siblings and children can by their very existence inflect policy preferences.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014

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  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780199373611, 0199373612
  • oclc:ocn889520732
  • LC Classification:JA76
  • Dewey Decimal:306.2

Table of Contents

What we know about families and why we should know more -- The conservative children of stay-at-home mothers -- The ideological pull of siblings -- Birth order revisited : attitudes towards morality -- Girls are from mars, boys are from venus: children and militarism -- Children, economic insecurity, and support for big government -- Conclusion: it's all relatives -- Appendix: Statistical models and technical details.

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Subjects

Families -- Political aspects Familles -- Aspect politique Participation politique -- Aspect social Political participation -- Social aspec… Political psychology Political Socialization Psychologie politique Socialisation politique

Writers

Urbatsch, Robert

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