The Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior

Ed. by Russell J. Dalton and Hans-Dieter Klingemann

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Produktbeschreibung

This Oxford Handbook assembles the world's leading scholars on public opinion and political behavior to describe the state-of-the-art research on the beliefs, values and behaviors of contemporary publics. It will become the first point of reference for scholars and students interested in these key issues.

Produktdetails

• Oxford Handbooks
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 1008
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 176mm x 58mm
• Gewicht: 1632g
• ISBN-13: 9780199566013
• ISBN-10: 0199566011
• Artikelnr.: 26060761

Autorenporträt

Russell J. Dalton is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. He has been a Fulbright Professor at the University of Mannheim, a German Marshall Research Fellow and a POSCO Fellow at the East/West Center. His scholarly interests include comparative political behavior, political parties, social movements, and empirical democratic theory. Hans-Dieter Klingemann is Professor Emeritus at the Social Science Research Center, Berlin. His publications comprise numerous books and well above a hundred journal articles or book chapters (author or co-author).

Inhaltsangabe

* Part I INTRODUCTION
* 1: Russell Dalton and Hans-Dieter Klingemann: Citizen Attitudes and
Political Behavior
* Part II MASS BELIEF SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATION
* 2: M. Kent Jennings: Political Socialization
* 3: James H. Kuklinski and Buddy Peyton: Belief Systems and Political
Decision Making
* 4: Mark Peffley and Robert Rohrschneider: Elite Beliefs and the
Theory of Democractic Elitism
* 5: Diana C. Mutz: Political Psychology and Choice
* 6: Robert Huckfeldt: Information, Persuasion, and Political
Communication networks
* 7: Holli A. Semetko: Political Communication
* 8: Philip E. Converse: Perspectives on Mass Belief Systems and
Communication
* Part III MODERNIZATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE
* 9: Dieter Fuchs: The Political Culture Paradigm
* 10: Christian Welzel: Individual Modernity
* 11: Peter Mair: Left-Right Orientations
* 12: Ronald Inglehart: Postmaterialist Values and the Shift from
Survival to Self-Expression Values
* 13: Takashi Inogouchi: Clash of Values across Civilizations
* 14: Doh Chull Shin: Democratization: Perspectives from Global
Citizenries
* 15: Richard Rose: Perspectives on Political Behavior in Time and
Space
* Part IV POLITICAL VALUES
* 16: Loek Halman: Political Values
* 17: James Gibson: Political Intolerance in the Context of Democratic
Theory
* 18: Kenneth Newton: Social and Political Trust
* 19: Staffan Kumlin: The Welfare State: Values, Policy Preferences,
and Performance Evaluations
* 20: Richard Eichenberg: Citizen Opinion on Foreign Policy and World
Politics
* 21: Jan W. van Deth: Norms of Citizenship
* 22: Jacques Thomassen: Democratic Values
* Part V NEW DEBATES IN POLITICAL BEHAVIOR
* 23: Paul M. Sniderman and Matthew S. Levendusky: An Institutional
Theory of Political Choice
* 24: Oddbjørn Knutsen: The Decline of Social Class?
* 25: Yilmaz Esmer and Thorleif Pettersson: The Effects of Religion and
Religiosity on Voting Behavior
* 26: Shamit Saggar: Race and Political Behavior
* 27: Michael S. Lewis-Beck and Mary Stegmaier: Economic Models of
Voting
* 28: Kevin Deegan-Krause: New Dimensions of Political Cleavage
* 29: Sören Holmberg: Partisanship Reconsidered
* 30: Ian McAllister: The Personalization of Politics
* 31: Christopher J. Anderson: The Interaction of Structures and Voter
Behavior
* 32: Anthony Heath: Perspectives on Electoral Behavior
* Part VI POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
* 33: André Blais: Turnout in Elections
* 34: Susan E. Scarrow: Political Activism and Party Members
* 35: Dietlind Stolle: Social Capital
* 36: Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski: Civil Society and Democratization
* 37: Ruud Koopmans: Social Movements
* 38: Dieter Rucht: The Spread of Protest Politics
* 39: Pippa Norris: New Feminist Challenges to the Study of Political
Engagement
* 40: Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck: New Modes of Campaigning
* 41: Michael Margolis: E-Government and Democracy
* 42: Max Kaase: Perspectives on Political Participation
* Part VII DOES PUBLIC OPINION MATTER?
* 43: Christopher Wlezien and Stuart N. Soroka: The Relationship
between Public Opinion and Policy
* 44: Jean Blondel and Ferdinand Müller-Rommel: Political Elites
* 45: Bernhard Weßels: Political Representation and Democracy
* 46: James Stimson: Perspectives on Representation: Asking the Right
Questions and Getting the Right Answers
* Part VIII THE METHODOLOGY OF COMPARATIVE POLITICAL BEHAVIOR RESEARCH
* 47: Miki Caul Kittilson: Research Resources in Comparative Political
Behavior
* 48: John Curtice: Comparative Opinion Surveys
* 49: Ursula Hoffmann-Lange: Methods of Elite Research