The Role of Race in Evaluations of Respectability and its Effect on Support for Performative Citizenship

• In Event: Mobilization Beyond the Ballot Box, Intended and Unintended Consequences of Racial Politics

Brief Overview

Political participation is often dependent on perceived respectability. Using evidence from a conjoint experiment, we investigate how race conditions the effect of other attributes on determinations of respectability and support for civic expression.

Authors

• Courtney Jean Nava, Grinnell College

• Owen Gunehame Fite, University of Nevada-Reno