1973
DOI: 10.1177/1532673x7300100302
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The Political Uses of Symbolism

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“…Political institutions also work to socialize citizens into the dominant norms of a country's democracy (Eckstein 1988). Regime norms such as majority rule act as political symbols, which can have both cognitive and evaluative effects (Cobb andElder 1973, cited in Conover andFeldman 1981). Our theory emphasizes the affective effects encouraged by institutions as symbols.…”
Section: Political Institutions and Visions Of Democracymentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Political institutions also work to socialize citizens into the dominant norms of a country's democracy (Eckstein 1988). Regime norms such as majority rule act as political symbols, which can have both cognitive and evaluative effects (Cobb andElder 1973, cited in Conover andFeldman 1981). Our theory emphasizes the affective effects encouraged by institutions as symbols.…”
Section: Political Institutions and Visions Of Democracymentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Political competition in Latin America, including Mexico and Argentina, frequently revolves around strong personalities rather than more institutionalized entities (Roberts,2 For example, in analyses of vote intentions and choice in the 2000 Mexican elections, Estévez & Poiré (2001) find that left-right self-placement predicts support for presidential candidates; Moreno (2003) reports similar results for that race and for that year's congressional elections. 3 While not the focus of this study, it is worth noting that individuals may also attach an affective or emotive meaning to these terms (see, for example, Cobb & Elder, 1973;Conover & Feldman, 1981). 4 Political symbols are typically conceived of as having both affective and cognitive components (Cobb & Elder, 1973; but see Sears, Lau, Tyler, & Allen, 1980 who emphasize ''affective preferences'' that lack a more rational cost-benefit calculus).…”
Section: Meanings Of Ideological Labelsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…3 While not the focus of this study, it is worth noting that individuals may also attach an affective or emotive meaning to these terms (see, for example, Cobb & Elder, 1973;Conover & Feldman, 1981). 4 Political symbols are typically conceived of as having both affective and cognitive components (Cobb & Elder, 1973; but see Sears, Lau, Tyler, & Allen, 1980 who emphasize ''affective preferences'' that lack a more rational cost-benefit calculus). In the case of meanings assigned to the left-right semantics, an individual who for example associates ''the rich'' with the right may do so because she feels antipathy (or, instead, positive affect) toward both symbols and/or because she perceives an empirical connection between these groups.…”
Section: Meanings Of Ideological Labelsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The audience in question is the general public or mass movements. Political acts are analyzed in terms of what they mean to the general public or mass movements and how mass publics can be manipulated by symbols (e.g., Edelman 1964, 1971; Gusfield 1986; Cobb & Elder 1976; Kerzer 1988; Sears 1995: 116; Sherkat & Ellison 1997). Typically such audiences are those segments of the general public that respond to symbols that oversimplify and distort; see and think in terms of stereotypes, personalization, and oversimplification; and cannot tolerate ambiguous and complex situations (Edelman 1964: 31; Stolz 1983: 164).…”
Section: Symbolic Politics Literature and Frameworkmentioning
confidence: 99%