Drawing from the concept of citizenship in the novel, Starship Troopers, we consider public opinion in a world in which “service guarantees citizenship.” We do this by examining the political attitudes of U.S. (volunteer) veterans—a group generally neglected in the public opinion literature—relative to the adult population at large. Using data from the 2006 Cooperative Congressional Election Study, we demonstrate that, as a group, veterans tend to be more ideologically conservative and more likely to identify as Republican than their non-veteran counterparts. This finding holds for both individual issues and self-identification.
Are You Doing Your Part? Veterans’ Political Attitudes, and Heinlein’s Conception of Citizenship
Chatagnier, John Tyson;
2013-01-01
Abstract
Drawing from the concept of citizenship in the novel, Starship Troopers, we consider public opinion in a world in which “service guarantees citizenship.” We do this by examining the political attitudes of U.S. (volunteer) veterans—a group generally neglected in the public opinion literature—relative to the adult population at large. Using data from the 2006 Cooperative Congressional Election Study, we demonstrate that, as a group, veterans tend to be more ideologically conservative and more likely to identify as Republican than their non-veteran counterparts. This finding holds for both individual issues and self-identification.File in questo prodotto:
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