{"product_id":"9789402413588","title":"Social Structure and Voting in the United States","description":"\u003ch1\u003eSocial Structure and Voting in the United States\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eSmith, Robert B.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book\nanalyzes practical and moral influences on voting decisions. Undermining the widespread\nassumption that economic self-interest is the key determinant of voting choices,\nit discovers that moral considerations rooted in religious traditions are often\nthe more decisive. This finding is confirmed through a close analysis of\ntangible problems, such as child neglect and crime, problems which one would\nexpect to trouble practical voters. Further, this book suggests that political\nideologies influence party affiliation, rather than the other way around. It defines\nfour categories of states in terms of human development and income equality—South,\nHeartland, postindustrial, and “balanced.” \n It then explains why political\ncolor (red, purple, or blue) and societal problems vary across these\ncategories.  Voters’ moral ideologies, it\nshows, combine with a state’s measure of income equality and human development to\nshape a state’s readiness to pursue practical solutions to societal problems\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eFinally, it shows that moral ideologies\nof the religious right and authoritarianism, two very different concepts, are in fact intertwined empirically\u003ci\u003e.  \u003c\/i\u003e This book thus suggests that education—a key\ndriver of human development, anti-authoritarianism, and deliberative voting—should\nbegin in preschools that are both nurturant and instructive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2018-04-25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789402413588\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-017-7487-1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 399\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47697303306380,"sku":"9789402413588","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789402413588_7872d231-7d71-4c60-8172-999d3b62b8e0.jpg?v=1776778561","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789402413588","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}