Book contents
- The Autocratic Voter
- The Autocratic Voter
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Partisanship in Electoral Autocracies
- 2 Social Networks, Political Geography, and Partisan Socialization
- 3 The Case of Cameroon
- 4 Opposition and Ruling Party Partisanship as Social Identities
- 5 Pathways to Partisanship
- 6 Political Influence within Networks
- 7 Processes of Political Socialization
- 8 The Political Geography of Electoral Autocracies
- 9 Political Realities in Party Strongholds
- 10 The Power and Importance of Partisan Identities
- Book part
- References
- Index
4 - Opposition and Ruling Party Partisanship as Social Identities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 August 2025
Book contents
- The Autocratic Voter
- The Autocratic Voter
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Partisanship in Electoral Autocracies
- 2 Social Networks, Political Geography, and Partisan Socialization
- 3 The Case of Cameroon
- 4 Opposition and Ruling Party Partisanship as Social Identities
- 5 Pathways to Partisanship
- 6 Political Influence within Networks
- 7 Processes of Political Socialization
- 8 The Political Geography of Electoral Autocracies
- 9 Political Realities in Party Strongholds
- 10 The Power and Importance of Partisan Identities
- Book part
- References
- Index
Summary
The first empirical chapter (Chapter 4) tests the proposition that partisanship in electoral autocracies is a unique social identity. After demonstrating the difference in political communications between ruling parties and opposition parties in electoral autocracies, the foundation of partisan divides is illustrated using data from an original survey fielded in Cameroon. The data from Cameroon is also used to illustrate the nature of in-group preferencing and out-group animus predicated on partisan identities. The second half of the chapter uses World Values Survey data to illustrate two key points. First, these political divides are not unique to Cameroon but are a structural feature of partisanship across electoral autocracies from Bangladesh to Venezuela. Second, though this divide is not unique to Cameroon, it is unique to electoral autocracies.
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- The Autocratic VoterPartisanship and Political Socialization under Dictatorship, pp. 79 - 104Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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