Identities and Interests Race, Ethnicity, and Affinity Voting
Paperback (01 Mar 2020)
Save $1.22
RRP $38.95- $37.73
Includes delivery to the United States
10+ copies available online - Usually dispatched within two working days
Other formats/editions
Check stock
Identities and Interests offers an entirely new perspective on the role of racial and ethnic identities in Canadian elections. Using a series of experiments, as well as candidate and census data, Randy Besco demonstrates that self-identification matters far more than self-interest, ideology, or policy. The largest minority groups - Chinese and South Asian Canadians - tend to support candidates of their own ethnicity. Yet inter-minority affinity voting also reveals the potential for "rainbow coalitions" and how minorities themselves think in terms of a white/non-white divide. Besco's innovative work has major implications for social movements, issue opinions, fundraising, and political leadership races.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780774838931 |
Publisher: | University of British Columbia Press |
Imprint: | UBCPress |
Pub date: | 01 Mar 2020 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 240 |
Weight: | 354g |
Height: | 153mm |
Width: | 229mm |
Spine width: | 12mm |