Homeownership and Politics: Testing the Political Incorporation Thesis

Verberg, Norine

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“…In Anglo-American countries, this hypothesis is often operationalized through support for conservative parties. But empirical support for such ideological effects is weak (Gilderbloom & Markham 1995, Verberg 2000). Weiss’s (2014) ethnographic study of mortgage finance in Israel explores the mechanisms that in his estimation “turn salaried workers into capitalists, and perforce, into investors.” Lacking high-quality rentals or public housing, young families achieve the middle-class aspiration of homeownership with the help of family resources and debt.…”

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The Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Political Effects of Housing in Comparative Perspective

Zavisca

Gerber

2016

Annu. Rev. Sociol.

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Few sociologists treat housing as a key independent variable, despite the emergence of disparate bodies of research analyzing how housing affects outcomes that traditionally interest sociologists. Scholars across the social sciences have proposed and tested mechanisms whereby housing could shape subjective wellbeing, socioeconomic status, demography, and politics. We review the evidence for causal effects across these domains. Next, we make recommendations for research designs to advance this literature. Most studies only test effects of homeownership, and most are focused on the United States and Western Europe. The evidence for causation is often weak, although studies increasingly employ complex techniques for identifying effects. Throughout, we emphasize studies beyond the United States, and we conclude by discussing distinctive insights yielded by comparative research. We advocate for a comparative perspective and more expansive conceptualization of housing status as a means to build theory and evidence regarding the conditions under which housing exerts effects.

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Section: Housing Effects On Political Outcomesmentioning

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“…Support for market ideology among homeowners in market societies may just be support for the status quo: homeowners “will think and act in ways that protect their stake in the system” (Verberg 2000). This could be tested through studies of homeownership and regime support in diverse political regimes.…”

Section: Housing Effects On Political Outcomesmentioning

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The Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Political Effects of Housing in Comparative Perspective

Zavisca

Gerber

2016

Annu. Rev. Sociol.

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“…Pratt (1986, 1987) and more recently Verberg (2000) analyze the relationship between attitudes, class, and tenure of housing using different data sets from 1984. They conclude that tenure is important for understanding political positions on some issues, a finding with some relevance to intra‐urban differences due to the segregation of tenants within urban areas (especially within the inner city and some inner‐suburban districts).…”

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“…However, he is unable to explain why he finds only small differences in moral traditionalism among different types of non-metropolitan spaces (rural, small town, and suburban areas), and he concludes that more research needs to be done on the relationship between different types of places and political values. Pratt (1986Pratt ( , 1987 and more recently Verberg (2000) analyze the relationship between attitudes, class, and tenure of housing using different data sets from 1984. They conclude that tenure is important for understanding political positions on some issues, a finding with some relevance to intra-urban differences due to the segregation of tenants within urban areas (especially within the inner city and some inner-suburban districts).…”

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Place of Residence, Party Preferences, and Political Attitudes in Canadian Cities and Suburbs

Walks

2004

Journal of Urban Affairs

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This article examines the degree to which divergence in voting behavior and political attitudes between inner cities and suburbs in Canadian metropolitan areas can be explained by place of residence. As of yet, there has been very little research done on this topic in Canada. Logistic regression models derived from the 1965, 1984 and 2000 Canadian national election surveys confirm that Canadian inner cities and (particularly, outer) suburbs are diverging, and place of residence has become increasingly important in explaining this divergence. Over the study period, residents of inner cities in Canada became more likely to vote for parties of the left and to hold attitudes that would be considered on the left of the political spectrum, while suburban residents were increasingly likely to vote for parties of the right and to hold attitudes on the right of the political spectrum. The research suggests that in Canada, as in the US, the place and context of suburbia is a factor in the shift to the right. This has implications for the future direction of welfare state policy.

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“…This idea was later echoed in the assertion that the working class's inclination to participate in the class struggle will decline after it is able to improve its economic status and adopt middle-class consumption habits (Goldthorpe et al 1969;Harvey 1976). So the political incorporation thesis proposes that private home ownership drives individuals to participate in mainstream politics in capitalist societies, fostering a conservative stance toward both economic and social issues (Verberg 2000).…”

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Home Ownership and Political Participation in Urban China

Jun

Wang

2012

Chinese Sociological Review

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This paper examines the impact of private home ownership on the tendency to engage in neighborhood-level politics among urban Chinese citizens. We focus on voting in neighborhood Residents' Committee elections as well as local legislative elections, highlighting the role of the neighborhood type on voting. our analysis of the 2005 China general Social Survey data reveals that homeowners are more likely than nonowners to vote in both elections, lending support to a conservatizing effect of private home ownership. However, this effect seems to exist only in neighborhoods consisting mainly of commercial housing units as opposed to previously state-owned housing. The implications of these findings for China's political future are discussed.

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Homeownership and Politics: Testing the Political Incorporation Thesis

Cited by 21 publications

References 40 publications

The Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Political Effects of Housing in Comparative Perspective

The Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Political Effects of Housing in Comparative Perspective

Place of Residence, Party Preferences, and Political Attitudes in Canadian Cities and Suburbs

Home Ownership and Political Participation in Urban China

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