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The political psychology of perceptions of Latino voters and of Latino politicians

Neville, Audrey Claire

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Title
The political psychology of perceptions of Latino voters and of Latino politicians
Author(s)
Neville, Audrey Claire
Issue Date
2017-08-25
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Mondak, Jeffery
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Mondak, Jeffery
Committee Member(s)
  • Canache, Damarys
  • Rudolph, Thomas
  • Wong, Cara
Department of Study
Political Science
Discipline
Political Science
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Date of Ingest
2018-03-13T17:29:00Z
Keyword(s)
  • politics
  • Latino
  • ideology
  • perceptions
Abstract
In my dissertation, I examined how the American public perceives Latino citizens and Latino representatives, particularly with respect to perceptions of political ideology. Political scientists have made great strides with regard to the consequences of race in American politics, and my dissertation tests whether ethnicity is similarly consequential. My focus on political ideology explores the more subtle ways in which prejudice can manifest itself in perceptions of ideological distance, and can create hurdles for descriptive Latino representation. I make use of original, experimental, observational, and survey data to examine the pliability of citizens' perceptions of Latino group ideology, the accuracy of citizens' perceptions of their Latino representative's political ideology, and to examine whether race and ethnicity influence perceptions of candidate political ideology in low-information environments.
Graduation Semester
2017-12
Type of Resource
text
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Copyright Audrey Claire Neville 2017

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