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Handbook on politics and public opinion
Title
Handbook on politics and public opinion / edited by Thomas J. Rudolph (Lincoln distinguished professorial scholar and professor of political science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US).
ISBN
9781800379619 (e-book)
Publication
Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.
Physical Description
1 online resource (480 pages).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print record.
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Summary
"Examining the nature of public opinion in democratic societies, this Handbook succinctly illustrates the importance of public opinion as an instrument of popular control and democratic accountability. Expert contributors in the field provide a thorough review of a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of this timely topic. The concise but comprehensive chapters investigate the theoretical value of biological, contextual, psychological, sociological and economic perspectives when exploring public opinion. The Handbook also demonstrates useful insights that can be generated from quantitative or qualitative research designs from both an observational and experimental perspective. Furthermore, its informative assessment of the origins and structure of how public opinion is formed allows for a greater understanding of how policies are developed as a result. Providing a state-of-the-art review, this Handbook will be an excellent study resource for scholars of public opinion in political science, sociology and psychology. Political practitioners, particularly government officials, political operatives and pollsters will also find this informative and illuminating"-- Provided by publisher.
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Elgaronline.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 07, 2022
Series
Elgar handbooks in political science
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Contents: 1. Public opinion and democracy / Thomas J. Rudolph
Part I: The meaning and measurement of public opinion
2. Diagnosing survey response quality / D. Sunshine Hillygus and Tina LaChapelle
3. The quantitative assessment of public opinion / Allyson L. Holbrook and Joanne M. Miller
4. The qualitative study of public opinion / Katherine J. Cramer
5. Implicit attitudes and mass political opinion / Efrén O. Pérez and Bianca V. Vicuña
Part II: The origins of public opinion
6. Genopolitics / Gergő Závecz and Levente Littvay
7. Personality, public opinion, and politics / Megan L. Remmel and Jeffery J. Mondak
8. Political socialization / Marc Hooghe
Part III: The structure of public opinion
9. The conditional nature of ideology in mass publics / Nathan P. Kalmoe
10. Core values / Paul Goren
11. Ambivalence in mass politics / Marco Steenbergen
12. Partisanship and public opinion / Ianne S. Wang and Samara Klar
13. Race and public opinion: American dilemma, american divide / Davin L. Phoenix and Francisco Jasso
14. Public opinion and gender / Mary-Kate Lizotte
15. The religious politics of threat in religion and politics research / Paul A. Djupe
Part IV: Environmental influences on public opinion
16. Electoral geography, political behavior and public opinion / James G. Gimpel and Andrew Reeves
17. Media effects and news exposure: New forms of data to address old questions / Susan Banducci, Laszlo Horvath, Ekaterina Kolpinskaya and Daniel Stevens
18. Affective polarization in the American public / James N. Druckman and Jeremy Levy
Part V: The psychology of public opinion
19. Heuristics and cues / Cheryl Boudreau
20. Emotions in politics: The relevance of groups / Bethany Albertson and Benjamin T. White
21. Motivated reasoning in politics / Eric Groenendyk
Part VI: Public opinion and democratic citizenship
22. Political knowledge / Jennifer Wolak
23. Political tolerance in an age of liberal democratic backsliding / Mark Peffley and Robert Rohrschneider
24. New thrusts and new opportunities in the study of citizen performance in democratic societies / James H. Kuklinski and Benjamin Miller
Part VII: Public opinion and government
25. The nature of political trust in mass publics / Marc J. Hetherington and Thomas J. Rudolph
26. On collective representation / Ross Buchanan, Megan Dias, and Christopher Wlezien
27. Courts and public opinion: A critical review / Brandon L. Bartels
Part VIIi: Public opinion and public policy
28. Economic opinion / Spencer Goidel and Paul M. Kellstedt
29. Economic self-interest in public opinion about immigration / Morris Levy and Matthew Wright
30. Public opinion and foreign policy: Beyond the "electoral connection" / Peter Gries and Tao Wang
Index.
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
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Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.
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