Ethnicity and Political Behavior Among American Jews: Findings From the National Jewish Popluation Survey 2000-01


 

Publication Date: January 2005

Publisher: Association for the Social Scientific Study of Jewry

Author(s): Laurence A. Kotler-Berkowitz

Research Area: Culture and religion

Keywords: American Jews; Identity formation; Jewish identification

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Employing a theoretical and conceptual framework of ethnicity and using data from NJPS 2000-01, this article examines how structural, cultural, and psychological ethnicity among Jews are linked to partisanship, ideology, and political participation. Analyses show opposite effects for structural and cultural ethnicity on political behavior and no effects for psychological ethnicity.