People define what counts as political differently across contexts and interactions

Evidence

If I were either to accept speakers’ explicit definition of ‘‘political’’ and ignore what didn’t fit, or apply my own definition and ignore what didn’t fit, I would miss the whole point: what is interesting is precisely how citizens come to define some issues, and some contexts, as ‘‘political’’ and some as ‘not political,’’ in interaction. In the gaps between their various definitions — or between their definitions and mine — is an interesting and important potential dialogue. — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 145

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Politics operates through the cultural meanings people use to make sense of their lives — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 160; Political expression is switched on and off by group context rather than individual belief — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”: The work of avoiding…, 97; The same political term can carry radically divergent meanings across allies (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Political expression is switched on and off by group context rather than individual belief #exemplifies (0.82) — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”, 97
• The same political term can carry radically divergent meanings across allies #exemplifies (0.80)
• Political disengagement is socially produced in conversation, not just held in beliefs #exemplifies (0.80) — Nina Eliasoph, “Close to home”, 30
• Politics operates through the cultural meanings people use to make sense of their lives #expands (0.75) — Hall, Stuart, Essential Essays, Volume 1, 160
• The political is defined by public contestation rather than enclaved or segmented settings #contradicts (0.72) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 1545
• Voters can hold fundamentally different, not just opposite, ideological meanings #exemplifies (0.72) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1991