Format:
1 online resource (402 pages)
ISBN:
9781400840298
Content:
The American National Election Studies (ANES) is the premier social science survey program devoted to voting and elections. Conducted during the presidential election years and midterm Congressional elections, the survey is based on interviews with voters and delves into why they make certain choices. In this edited volume, John Aldrich and Kathleen McGraw bring together a group of leading social scientists that developed and tested new measures that might be added to the ANES, with the ultimate goal of extending scholarly understanding of the causes and consequences of electoral outcomes. The contributors--leading experts from several disciplines in the fields of polling, public opinion, survey methodology, and elections and voting behavior--illuminate some of the most important questions and results from the ANES 2006 pilot study. They look at such varied topics as self-monitoring in the expression of political attitudes, personal values and political orientations, alternate measures of political trust, perceptions of similarity and disagreement in partisan groups, measuring ambivalence about government, gender preferences in politics, and the political issues of abortion, crime, and taxes. Testing new ideas in the study of politics and the political psychology of voting choices and turnout, this collection is an invaluable resource for all students and scholars working to understand the American electorate.
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Part 1: The American National Election Studies: The "Gold Standard" for Survey Research -- 1. John H. Aldrich and Kathleen M. McGraw: Introduction to the Volume -- 2. Jon A. Krosnick and Arthur Lupia: The American National Election Studies and the Importance of New Ideas -- Part 2: Individual Predispositions -- Introduction to Part 2 -- 3. Adam J. Berinsky and Howard Lavine: Self-Monitoring and Political Attitudes -- 4. Julia Albarracín, Wei Wang, and Dolores Albarracín: Do Confident People Behave Differently? The Role of Defensive Confidence in Partisan Defection, Attention to Politics, and Political Participation -- 5. Shalom H. Schwartz: Basic Personal Values and Political Orientations -- 6. Steven Hitlin and Katherine W. O. Kramer: Value Constellations and American Political Life -- 7. Eric M. Uslaner: Generalized Trust Questions -- Part 3: Political Orientations and the Media -- Introduction to Part 3 -- 8. Joseph Gershtenson and Dennis L. Plane: An Alternative Measure of Political Trust: Reconciling Theory and Practice -- 9. Danielle Shani: Measuring Political Interest -- 10. Scott L. Althaus and David H. Tewksbury: Do We Still Need Media Use Measures at All? -- 11. Stephen Ansolabehere, Marc Meredith, and Erik Snowberg: Sociotropic Voting and the Media -- Part 4: Perceptions of Political Institutions and Groups -- Introduction to Part 4 -- 12. Eric A. Whitaker and John M. Fulwider: Perceptions of Similarity and Agreement in Partisan Groups -- 13. Charles M. Judd, Leaf Van Boven, Michaela Huber, and Ana P. Nunes: Measuring Everyday Perceptions of the Distribution of the American Electorate -- 14. Michael D. Martinez, Jason Gainous, and Stephen C. Craig: Measuring Ambivalence about Government.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780691151465
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780691151465
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
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