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Political Partisanship:
Author(s) -
Segal David R.,
Knoke David
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1970.tb03311.x
Subject(s) - politics , consumption (sociology) , state (computer science) , political science , economics , political economy , economic system , development economics , sociology , social science , law , algorithm , computer science
A bstract Analysis of the bases of political party choice in the United States reveals that social structural factors are more important than economic factors in determining patterns of partisanship. Among economic factors, moreover, differentiation in the realms of credit and consumption is more important than differences in relation to economic production. The absence of traditional class‐conflict politics, however, does not lead to a state of political consensus, because new modes of economic differentiation have emerged, cleavages based on earlier economic cleavages have persisted after the basic economic issues have been resolved, and non‐economic cleavages, particularly along racial lines, still await resolution.