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Subject(s)

• Language and languages—Political aspects [Browse]
• Public opinion [Browse]
• Political sociology [Browse]
• Sociolinguistics [Browse]

Author

• Tavits, Margit [Browse]

Series

• Princeton studies in political behavior. [More in this series]
• Princeton scholarship online. [More in this series]

Summary note

The authors demonstrate that different languages can make mental content more or less accessible and thereby shift political opinions and preferences in predictable directions. They rigorously test this hypothesis using carefully crafted experiments and rich cross-national survey data, showing how language shapes mass opinion in domains such as gender equality, LGBTQ rights, environmental conservation, ethnic relations, and candidate evaluations. 'Voicing Politics' traces how these patterns emerge in polities spanning the globe, shedding essential light on how simple linguistic quirks can affect our political views. This incisive book calls on scholars of political behaviour to take linguistic nuances more seriously and charts new directions for researchers across diverse fields.

Notes

Previously issued in print: 2022.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 8, 2023).

Language note

In English.

Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• Introduction LOST IN TRANSLATION ?
• 1 Explaining the Language-Opinion Connection
• 2 Battle of the Sexes
• 3 Ghosts in the Language Machine
• 4 Today Is Tomorrow
• 5 Sensing Ethnic Divisions
• 6 The Language Premium
• Conclusion THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
• APPENDIXES
• NOTES
• REFERENCES
• INDEX
• A NOTE ON THE TYPE

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ISBN

0-691-24341-7

OCLC

1343248460

Doi

• 10.1515/9780691243412

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