Sniderman / Highton Facing the Challenge of Democracy

Explorations in the Analysis of Public Opinion and Political Participation
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-4030-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Sniderman, Paul M.

Highton, Benjamin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Parteien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xi

List of Contributors xiii

Introduction: Facing the Challenge of Democracy by Paul M. Sniderman and Benjamin Highton 1

Part I: The Political Logic of Preference Consistency

Chapter I. How Do Political Scientists Know What Citizens Want? An Essay on Theory and Measurement by Arthur Lupia 23

Chapter II. Purposive Mass Belief Systems concerning Foreign Policy Benjamin I. Page and Tao Xie 47

Chapter III. Cosmopolitanism by Simon Jackman and Lynn Vavreck 70

Chapter IV. Running to the Right: Effects of Campaign Strategy on Mass Opinion and Behavior by Diana Mutz and Susanna Dilliplane 97

Chapter V. Pathways to Conservative Identification: The Politics of Ideological Contradiction in the United States by Christopher Ellis and James A. Stimson 120

Part II: Polarization and the Party System

Chapter VI. Partisan Differences in Job Approval Ratings of George W. Bush and U.S. Senators in the States: An Exploration by Gary C. Jacobson 153

Chapter VII. Political Participation, Polarization, and Public Opinion: Activism and the Merging of Partisan and Ideological Polarization by John H. Aldrich and Melanie Freeze 185

Chapter VIII. Political Parties in the Capital Economy of Modern Campaigns by Jonathan Krasno 207

Chapter IX. Candidates and Parties in Congressional Elections: Revisiting Candidate-Centered Conclusions in a Partisan Era by Eric McGhee and Kathryn Pearson 224

Chapter X. The Myth of the Independent Voter Revisited by David B. Magleby, Candice J. Nelson, and Mark C. Westlye 238

Part III: Participation and Representation

Chapter XI. Who Really Votes? By Stephen Ansolabehere and Eitan Hersh 267

Chapter XII. Who Governs if Everyone Votes? By John Sides, Eric Schickler, and Jack Citrin 292

Chapter XIII. T he Effects of Registration Laws on Voter Turnout: An Updated Assessment by Matthew R. Knee and Donald P. Green 312

Chapter XIV. I ssue Preferences, Civic Engagement, and the Transformation of American Politics by Edward G. Carmines, Michael J. Ensley, and Michael W. Wagner 329

References 355

Index 379

Über Autor(innen)

Paul M. Sniderman is the Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr., Professor of Public Policy at Stanford University. Benjamin Highton is associate professor of political science at the University of California, Davis.