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  • 13 - Encounters with Politics

  • from Part III - Explaining Change in Political Interest
  • Markus Prior, Princeton University, New Jersey
  • Book:
    Hooked
    Published online:
    04 December 2018
    Print publication:
    13 December 2018, pp 291-332

  • Summary

    Chapter 13 continues analysis of causal factors explaining political interest by examining politics in our daily lives. How do we estimate the impact of possibly endogenous predictors, such as political occupations; group memberships, civic involvement; and spouses?

  • 3 - Measuring Political Interest

  • from Part I - Describing Political Interest
  • Markus Prior, Princeton University, New Jersey
  • Book:
    Hooked
    Published online:
    04 December 2018
    Print publication:
    13 December 2018, pp 40-56

  • Summary

    This chapter focuses on measuring general political interest. It provides evidence about its dimensionality and compares different question wordings. We use self-report of political interest: Is that appropriate? What questions have been used recently to measure general political interest? Is interest in news different? What about issue publics?

  • 4 - The Impact of Elections

  • from Part I - Describing Political Interest
  • Markus Prior, Princeton University, New Jersey
  • Book:
    Hooked
    Published online:
    04 December 2018
    Print publication:
    13 December 2018, pp 57-78

  • Summary

    This chapter examines trends in political interest during election years. It introduces campaign interest and asks how different it is from general political interest. How much does general PI change in the short run? Is campaign interest a subset within the general domain? Or another dimension?

  • 5 - Sixty Years of Political Interest

  • from Part I - Describing Political Interest
  • Markus Prior, Princeton University, New Jersey
  • Book:
    Hooked
    Published online:
    04 December 2018
    Print publication:
    13 December 2018, pp 79-100

  • Summary

    This chapter shows long-term trends in political interest, introduces the household panel studies, and quantifies the impact of elections on PI.

  • 12 - Money, Health, and Happiness

  • from Part III - Explaining Change in Political Interest
  • Markus Prior, Princeton University, New Jersey
  • Book:
    Hooked
    Published online:
    04 December 2018
    Print publication:
    13 December 2018, pp 263-290

  • Summary

    This chapter examines the causal impact of socio-economic resources. Is economic inequality linked to inequality in political interest? Other theoretically exogenous variables are also added.

  • 6 - Political Interest over the Life Course: The Population Average

  • from Part II - The Development of Political Interest
  • Markus Prior, Princeton University, New Jersey
  • Book:
    Hooked
    Published online:
    04 December 2018
    Print publication:
    13 December 2018, pp 103-132

  • Summary

    Chapter 6 describes the relationship between age and political interest with a special focus on youth. It estimates cohort differences and the impact of an interesting environment. How early in life do people “have” political interest? How does interest develop over the life course?

  • 14 - The Impact of Political Attitudes and Identities

  • from Part III - Explaining Change in Political Interest
  • Markus Prior, Princeton University, New Jersey
  • Book:
    Hooked
    Published online:
    04 December 2018
    Print publication:
    13 December 2018, pp 333-351

  • Summary

    Chapter 14 continues analysis of causal factors explaining political interest by examining subjective values (importance of politics), coping potential (efficacy), and political identities.

  • 11 - Parents

  • from Part III - Explaining Change in Political Interest
  • Markus Prior, Princeton University, New Jersey
  • Book:
    Hooked
    Published online:
    04 December 2018
    Print publication:
    13 December 2018, pp 241-262

  • Summary

    Chapter 11 continues analysis of causal factors explaining political interest. It examines the impact of parents on their children's political interest.

  • 10 - Education

  • from Part III - Explaining Change in Political Interest
  • Markus Prior, Princeton University, New Jersey
  • Book:
    Hooked
    Published online:
    04 December 2018
    Print publication:
    13 December 2018, pp 211-240

  • Summary

    This chapter begins the explanation of differences in political interest. The chapter focuses on education and introduces time-varying independent variables and causal inference from panel data.

  • 2 - The Psychology of Political Interest

  • from Part I - Describing Political Interest
  • Markus Prior, Princeton University, New Jersey
  • Book:
    Hooked
    Published online:
    04 December 2018
    Print publication:
    13 December 2018, pp 19-39

  • Summary

    This chapter explains the psychology of interest and devise testable implications for political interest from it. It begins the empirical analysis by examining link between political interest pertinent psychological concepts.

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