Reference : Pillars and Electoral Behavior in Belgium: The Neighborhood Effect Revisited

	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Law, criminology & political science : Political science, public administration & international relations Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences : Earth sciences & physical geography Business & economic sciences : Quantitative methods in economics & management
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/2978

Title :	Pillars and Electoral Behavior in Belgium: The Neighborhood Effect Revisited
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	David, Quentin [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Center for Research in Economic Analysis (CREA) > ; Université Libre de Bruxelles - ULB > ECARES]
	Van Hamme, Gilles [Université Libre de Bruxelles]
Publication date :	2011
Journal title :	Political Geography
Publisher :	Elsevier Science
Volume :	30
Issue/season :	4
Pages :	250-262
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBilu)
Audience :	International
ISSN :	0962-6298
e-ISSN :	1873-5096
City :	Amsterdam
Country :	The Netherlands
Keywords :	[en] Electoral geography ; Neighborhood effect ; Social embedding ; Pillar ; Belgium
Abstract :	[en] This paper explores the processes behind the neighborhood effect in electoral geography. Studies on neighborhood effect have largely ignored the local institutions and cultural milieu within which people are socialized. By taking into account the spatially differentiated social embedding of individuals, we are able to highlight the impact of local institutions on electoral behavior and restore the temporal dimension that has shaped the political specificities of places. In the case of Belgium, we show that social embedding (which took the very accomplished form of pillars) affects voting behavior through two different channels: a direct effect, coming from the family transmission of pillar values, and a contextual effect captured by a measure of the local embeddedness of the pillar.
Target :	Researchers
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/2978
DOI :	10.1016/j.polgeo.2011.04.009
Other URL :	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096262981100062X

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