dc.creator | Estes, Beth Ann | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-21T21:32:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-04-01 | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-04-01 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/etd-03242017-131203 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1803/11257 | |
dc.description.abstract | This dissertation draws upon research in political science, psychology, and sociology to explore how inter-and intra-group social status influences political attitudes across divergent groups and issue areas, such as religion and gender. Using a variety of qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze both existing and original data, I find that concern about group status is an important force behind support for group-based policies. In other words, group members desire social esteem and adjust their policy preferences in an effort bolster both their group’s social position and their position within the group. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.subject | religion | |
dc.subject | status | |
dc.subject | intergroup relations | |
dc.subject | public opinion | |
dc.subject | LGBT | |
dc.subject | gender | |
dc.title | Legislating Status: The Political Fight for Prestige | |
dc.type | dissertation | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Marc J. Hetherington | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Efren O. Perez | |
dc.contributor.committeeMember | Christopher M. Federico | |
dc.type.material | text | |
thesis.degree.name | PHD | |
thesis.degree.level | dissertation | |
thesis.degree.discipline | Political Science | |
thesis.degree.grantor | Vanderbilt University | |
local.embargo.terms | 2019-04-01 | |
local.embargo.lift | 2019-04-01 | |
dc.contributor.committeeChair | Cindy D Kam | |