PSCI 3333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bandwagoning, Social Movement, Channel One News
30 Dec 2017
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Basic framework used in exploring and developing this topic: Institutions: elections, political parties, civic associations, social movements, behaviors, electoral, elections and political parties, communal, civil associations, protest. Social movement: don"t want to limit linkages between institutions and behaviors, some people do things under different behaviors, definition/types of/frequencies where there is high quality available data of participation of these types of activities. Elections - an institution that mobilizes (encourages) or demobilizes (discourages) people"s interests and preferences that occur during campaigns: mobilization occurs when people get interested. It selects candidates for public offices and selection of public offices is done through voting or through similar behaviors: indisputable, no converse. It authorizes or does not authorize a mandate to public office holders to implement public policy: mandate occurs when 50% + 1 of the substantial majority of the eligible electorate actually votes for a particular candidate or party. If turnout is 60% of eligible electorate, and 48% of hillary/46% for.
