Format:
1 Online-Ressource (461 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781800379619
Series Statement:
Elgar handbooks in political science
Content:
"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"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781800379602
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als ISBN 9781800379602
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
DOI:
10.4337/9781800379619
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