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Social Context and Inter-Group Political Attitudes: Experiments in Group Conflict Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 September 2003

JAMES M. GLASER
JAMES M. GLASER
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Department of Political Science, Tufts University
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Abstract

Previous studies of group conflict theory look at the relationship between racial balance in a particular area (precinct, county, etc.) and racial attitudes or political behaviour within that area. While of value, there are significant methodological disadvantages to this approach. Here, I address those problems using public opinion experiments in which I ask respondents whether they would allocate political goods proportionally given different (randomly assigned) hypothetical racial environments. The experiment yields confirmatory results, with non-blacks more likely to support proportionality in less black than heavily black environments. In a second experiment, I find that the same relationship is much weaker when the variations in population are non-racial. Finally, I show that the relationship also holds for blacks and argue that this is theoretically consistent.

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British Journal of Political Science , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , October 2003 , pp. 607 - 620
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© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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