The Behavioral Study of Political Ideology and Public Policy Formulation

by Grafton, Carl; Permaloff, Anne; Jacoby, William G.; Levine, Jeffrey; Carmines, Edward G.; Huckfeldt, Robert; Knuckey, Jonathan; Kalt, Joseph; Zupan, Mark A.; Burden, Barry; Caldeira, Gregory A.; Groseclose, Tim; Wattier, Mark J.; Tatalovich, Raymond; Roch

• ISBN13: 9780761829713
• ISBN10: 0761829717
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-04
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

This anthology focuses on the behavioral study of political ideology and its connection to public policy formulation. The public policy implications of ideology, largely ignored by most textbooks, have never been the purview of a single scholarly community. Instead, this area encompasses several specialties of political science, public administration, and economics. Across these disciplines the behavioral study of political ideology appears fragmented. The intent of this book is to pull these pieces together by showing the role of ideology in policy formulation and demonstrating methods by which the ideology-public policy relationship can be studied.

Table of Contents

Empirical studies of ideology : public opinion, parties, and interest groups	p. 1
The structure of ideological thinking in the American electorate	p. 3
The rise of ideology in the post-new deal party system	p. 27
Ideological realignment and partisan change in the American South, 1972-1996	p. 43
Empirical studies of ideology : policy formulation and congressional votes	p. 63
Capture and ideology in the economic theory of politics	p. 65
Measuring the ideologies of U.S. senators : the song remains the same	p. 105
Senate voting on abortion legislation over two decades : testing a reconstructed partisanship variable	p. 129
Problem definition and redefinition, agenda setting, and public policy	p. 149
Problem definition, agenda access, and public policy	p. 151
The behavioral study of political ideology and policy formulation	p. 173
Measuring the ideological preferences of U.S. presidents : a proposed (extremely simple) method	p. 193
Public policy for business and the economy : ideological dissensus, change, and consensus	p. 209
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