The impact of place? A reassessment of the importance of the South in affecting beliefs about racial inequality

    Authors

    J. S. Carter; M. Corra; S. K. Carter;R. McCrosky

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Soc. Sci. J.

    Keywords

    Racial attitudes; Beliefs about inequality; South; Region; Conservatism; SYMBOLIC RACISM; GROUP POSITION; ATTITUDES; REGION; PREJUDICE; TOLERANCE; INTEGRATION; POLITICS; URBANISM; OPINION; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

    Abstract

    Research shows that individuals living in the southern part of the United States express more negative racial attitudes than those living outside the South. Using data from The American National Election Study (NES), the purpose of this paper is to assess whether key factors often associated with the Southern attitude distinction are indeed more potent in the South than elsewhere. Drawing data from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, we further assess whether the impact of the South has increased or decreased over time. Results indicate that the impact of the South is negligible at best. Findings do show that place does matter for conservatives. However, in this ease; non-South location matters more than the South. Relative to their liberal counterparts, conservatives in the non-South espouse more individualistic beliefs than do their Southern counterparts. These findings are discussed within the dominant theoretical framework in this area. (C) 2013 Western Social Science Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Social Science Journal

    Volume

    51

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2014

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    12

    Last Page

    20

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000331852700003

    ISSN

    0362-3319

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