SES model of participation

Theory that 2^nd generation immigrants are less likely to participate in the political system. The theory postulates that as immigrants become more assimilated, they become torn and conflicted as to which identity they belong to and are therefore less likely to be mobilized, however, SKR says that this is a weak theory backed up by very little evidence

The longer immigrants are fully assimilated, the more they become part of the American political system. I.e. the longer a person has been here, the more likely he is to vote.  This can refer to length of residence in one place, jobs, and other factors. The model can also be extended to cover 2^nd generation immigrants. 

pg 112-113 in SKR

o   Tied to other institutions, such as civil organizations

o   Asian-Americans unlikely to adopt partisan ideology

o   Less interest in politics within families (i.e. no political discussions around dinner table)

 Disenfranchised felons (those who are already out of prison) are more likely to want to vote than those in prison. This goes back to the SES model since those who are out are more likely to be married with jobs

representative advances 

policy interests, usually material 

Civil Rights Act: 1964

Voting Rights Act: 1965

Immigration and Nationality Act: 1965

Fair Housing Act: 1968

What marks the end of the Civil Rights era according to Massey?

What factors does Ramakrishnan point to for immigrant voting? How do these compare to

the \base" model in Figure 5.1?

What are the dierent levels of supervisory status Manza and Uggen discuss? Among which

groups is disenfranchisement most and least controversial?

9. Why does Katznelson praise Powell's principles?

1948

Strom Thurmond 

He walked out of the democratic national convention and  started  a "state's rights" party that based itself on explicitly racist appeals. This was the last race where explicit racism dominated.

 captured voters tend to be ideologically located further away from the median.  They tend to have less disposable income to give to parties or candidates;

party leaders especially fear that their presence could disrupt the existing electoral coalition, and they vote

overwhelmingly for the same political party (which then takes its votes for granted).

a.k.a. they're either not going to vote or they're going to vote for us, so why should we have to appeal to their interests

Since the early 1940s, there has been a massive and continuing movement of the American public from

overwhelming support of the principle of segregated schooling to overwhelming acceptance of the principle

of integrated schooling

Though white people are hesitant to support specific policies designed to implement equality, they have been

more willing to endorse the principle of racial integration (Schuman et al. 137). Indeed, they have become so

willing to endorse equality in principle that some questions concerning equal treatment of blacks and whites

have been dropped by survey organizations because answers were approaching 100 percent armation: that

is everyone surveyed has come to agree with the egalitarian position

White people are less likely to consider discrimination a cause of inequality than they are to name other

causes, especially level of individual effort

immigrant generation and duration of stay in the US

Country of origin characteristics (repressive regimes, dual nationality policies, country or region specific effects)

The American context (residential ethnic concentration, multi-lingual ballots, English language proficiency)

age and socio-economic status

social incorporation

institutional barriers

context of mobilization

state of political culture

Higher volumes lead to a heightened perception among the public that immigration is a

Most Important Problem; AND

Higher volumes lead to a more dramatic shift of opinion among non-border rather than

border state residents; AND

Higher volumes occur in border states compared to non-border states

 Which statements are true about efforts now going on in the American states to monitor

illegal immigration?

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli recently issued a legal opinion that authorizes

Virginia police officers to check the immigration status of anyone stopped by police for

any reason; AND

Arizona law SB 1070 required police officers to check the immigration status of anyone

involved in a police stop if the officer had reasonable suspicion of the individual's status

What policies fit the description of political threat discussed by S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, 

making immigrants to the United States less secure?

What relationship do Manza and Uggen in their book Locked Out observe between voting

and desistance?

Offenders who are voters are more likely to desist from crime

Yes

When a group feels political threat, voting will go up among that group. In the long run, voting registration will also go up.

لا

this feels like a vaguely racist card... :( 

More moderate and less extreme 

...? confusion

representative captures the 

meaning of representation for the 

constituents 

representative advances 

policy interests, usually material

the framer of the message presents information in a certain way by talking about some things and leaving other things out

It is a way of telling a story

places and issue within a positive or negative context

Activating predispositions to get people to think a certain way.

makes predispositions more accessable

relies on things that are already in your head and brings them to the fore of your head