The Importance of Social and Political Context: The Case of AIDS Activism |
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Authors: | Jennings M Kent Andersen Ellen Ann |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Political Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-9420;(2) Indiana University, Purdue University, Indianapolis |
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Abstract: | We utilize a 1992 survey of approximately, 2500 AIDS activists to analyze their degree of participation. Activity levels were affected by several traditional predictors, but the inclusion of contextual measures indicating the activists' connection with AIDS, especially the pain and loss incurred, led to a much fuller and more complex explanatory model. We argue that a richer comprehension of political participation requires more studies of issue-specific activists and the specification of contexual features that serve to motivate more intensive degrees of participation. |
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Keywords: | political activists AIDS contextual features survey research |
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