Cal Clark, Don-Terry Veal

Public Opinion in Alabama

Looking Beyond the Stereotypes

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an in-depth examination of public opinion in Alabama to see whether it follows the stereotype of ideological and partisan polarization in the United States. The authors show that even in such a staunchly conservative state, public opinion is considerably more nuanced and complex than this stereotype, suggesting a need to transcend the competing conservative and liberal orthodoxies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 116
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 331g
• ISBN-13: 9780739145418
• ISBN-10: 073914541X
• Artikelnr.: 32086203

Autorenporträt

Cal Clark is professor of political science and the director of the MPA Program at Auburn University. Don-Terry Veal is director of Auburn University's Center for Governmental Services.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Public Opinion and Politics Chapter 3
Contradictory Models of Political Attitudes Chapter 4 How Alabamians View
Their Public Officials Chapter 5 Organization of the Book Part 6 Chapter 2
Chapter 7 Support for Constitutional Reform Chapter 8 Moderate Support for
Rewriting the Alabama State Constitution Chapter 9 Stereotypes of Who
Supports and Opposes Constitutional Revision Chapter 10 Actual Influences
on Attitudes about Constitutional Revision Chapter 11 Assessing the
Simultaneous Effects of the Explanatory Items: The Centrality of the
Government Activism Dimension Chapter 12 Attitudes about Home Rule Chapter
13 Public Opinion about Constitutional Reform Part 14 Chapter 3 Chapter 15
Views about the Role of Government Chapter 16 Somewhat Contradictory
Positions on Tax Issues Chapter 17 How Alabamians Divide on Tax Burden and
Tax Policy: Support for the Anti-Tax Economic Stress Model Chapter 18 The
Complex Cleavages over Governor Riley's Tax Referendum Chapter 19
Alabamians' Evident Desire for Public Services Chapter 20 How Alabamians
Divide on Government Services: The Prevalence of the Standard Ideological
Model Chapter 21 The Contradictory Implications of Alabamians' Views about
Public Services Part 22 Chapter 4 Chapter 23 More Specific Views about
Social Services Chapter 24 Alabamians' Views on Public Education: Concerns
about Both Quality and Traditional Values Chapter 25 How Alabamians Divide
on Education: Different Dynamics for Different Issues Chapter 26
Alabamians' Views about Health Care: Is the Glass Partially Empty or
Partially Full? Chapter 27 How Alabamians' Divide on Health Care: Medical
Problems over Ideology Chapter 28 The Conundrum about Education and Health
Care in Alabama Part 29 Chapter 5 Chapter 30 Religion and Public Life
Chapter 31 Alabamians Views on Religion and Politics: Quite Conservative
But with a Couple of Caveats Chapter 32 How Alabamians Divide on the Role
of Religion in Public Life: Clearly a Cultural Issue Chapter 33 A
Resistance to Over-Politicizing Some Religious Issues? Chapter 34 Religion
and Political Life in Alabama Part 35 Chapter 6 Chapter 36 Views about
Crime and Immigration Chapter 37 Alabamians' Views about Crime: Significant
But Not Overwhelming Concern Chapter 38 How Alabamians Divide on Crime: An
Absence of Significant Relationships Chapter 39 Strong Concern over Illegal
Immigration Chapter 40 Why Alabamians Differ about Illegal Immigration:
General Support for the Cultural Issues Ideological Model Chapter 41
Immigration and Crime as Issues in Alabama Part 42 Chapter 7 Chapter 43
Public Opinion in Alabama and the United States: Defying the Stereotypes
Chapter 44 What Do Alabamians Want? Chapter 45 The Similar Dynamics in U.S.
Public Opinion Chapter 46 Public Opinion and the Polarization of U.S.
Politics Chapter 47 About the Authors