It is commonly assumed that how individuals identify on the political spectrum-whether liberal, conservative, or moderate-has a universal meaning when it comes to policy stances and voting behavior. But, does political identity mean the same thing from place to place? Using data collected from across the U.S. we find that even when people share the same political identity, those in "bluer" loca...

Empirical political behavior research has consistently observed a robust and positive relationship between education and political engagement, but has failed to adequately explain why education is so important. Using data from the Baccalaureate and Beyond (B&B) Longitudinal Study, I test three competing hypotheses explaining the enduring link between higher education and political behavior. I f...

the organizational activities are political, because in this context interests, power and conflict of interests exist. therefore, one of the apparent behaviors of people is political behavior. this study seeks to answer the question that what factors are causing political behavior in organization? researcher after describing the theoretical foundations, tests the process of inter-organizational...

This study determines political choices in the legislative general election Palembang by responding to realities that are not directly related religious issues and creation of voter polarization subjectivity. Political relations between religion other instruments considered something does show their identity. In this study, researcher used a qualitative method with phenomenological sociology ap...

politics as a new concept in iran is a subject that has involved various classes, statifications & groups. it has embraced different areas of iranians’ living. for existing researches have studied classes, iilat & some groups in iran’s political sociology, this research studies a group that political literature don’t give pay attention to that or belong on social history and very hard to study ...

This article explores the Internet as a resource for political information and communication in March 2003, when American troops were first sent to Iraq, offering us a unique setting of political context, information use, and technology. Employing a national survey conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life project. We examine the political information behavior of the Internet respondents th...