William J. M. Claggett

American Public Mind (eBook, PDF)

The Issues Structure of Mass Politics in the Postwar United States

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Produktbeschreibung

What is the real nature of substantive conflict in mass politics during the postwar years in the United States? How is it reflected in the American public mind? And how does this issue structure shape electoral conflict? William J. M. Claggett and Byron E. Shafer answer by developing measures of public preference in four great policy realms - social welfare, international relations, civil rights, and cultural values - for the entire period between 1952 and 2004. They use these to identify the issues that were moving the voting public at various points in time, while revealing the way in which public preferences shaped the structure of electoral politics. What results is the restoration of policy substance to the center of mass politics in the United States.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511686818
• Artikelnr.: 53342468

Autorenporträt

William J. M. Claggett is Associate Professor of Political Science at Florida State University. He is the author of The Two Majorities: The Issue Context of Modern American Politics, with Byron Shafer. He has also published numerous articles on public opinion and electoral behavior in leading academic journals including the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of Politics.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. The Structure of Public Preferences: 1. The established issues: social welfare
2. The established issues: international relations
3. The new issues: civil rights
4. The new issues: cultural values
5. Blended items: true, false, and obscure
Part II. Some Consequences of the Structure: 6. The established issues: voting behavior
7. The new issues: voting behavior
8. Voting behavior: the rest of the story
9. The issue structure of mass politics.