Electoral Democracy

by Mackuen, Michael B.; Rabinowitz, George

• ISBN13: 9780472068203
• ISBN10: 0472068202
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr

Summary

Electoral Democracypushes the boundaries of our current understanding of democratic politics and government. Some of the most distinguished scholars in the discipline were asked to write about a topic of continuing interest to their ongoing research programs. The fruit of their efforts incorporates the best of contemporary work on public opinion and democracy. Taking different perspectives, the authors assess the nature of citizens' political beliefs and values and then consider the ways that those views connect with elite policy-making. The combined set of essays provides the reader a good view of current research, suggests novel theoretical advances, and in the end invites a renewed interest in the quality and durability of electoral democracy. Michael B. MacKuen is Burton Craige Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina. George Rabinowitz is Burton Craige Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Belief Systems after Converse	p. 13
Democracy with Attitudes	p. 48
The Political Psychology of Party Identification	p. 83
Process Matters: Cognitive Models of Candidate Evaluation	p. 125
Policy Issues and Electoral Democracy	p. 172
Elections and the Dynamics of Ideological Representation	p. 200
The Heavenly Public: What Would a Fully Informed Citizenry Be Like?	p. 238
The Nature of Belief in a Mass Public	p. 262
Electoral Democracy during Politics as Usual--and Unusual	p. 279
Coming to Grips with V. O. Key's Concept of Latent Opinion	p. 311
Contributors	p. 337
Name Index	p. 339
Subject Index	p. 347
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