Tabitha Bonilla

The Importance of Campaign Promises

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How do campaign promises affect voter behavior? This study shows how promises polarize voter reactions to candidates who make them.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 478g
• ISBN-13: 9781108843331
• ISBN-10: 1108843336
• Artikelnr.: 61267385

Autorenporträt

Tabitha Bonilla is Assistant Professor in Human Development and Social Policy and Political Science and Faculty Fellow in the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Why and How Promises Matter: 1. A closer look at campaign promises
2. Promises as signals of commitment
Part II. Promises As a Special Type of Position-Taking: 3. Campaign promises from 1960-2012
4. Voter perceptions of promises
Part III. The Effect of Promises on Voter Behavior: 5. How promises polarize voters
6. Further testing the effects promises
7. Promising in retrospect
8. Promises in 2016 and beyond
Bibliography.