Citizens and Politics: Perspectives from Political Psychology (Cambridge Studies in Public Opinion and Political Psychology)

Citizens and Politics: Perspectives from Political Psychology brings together some of the current research on citizen decision making. It addresses the questions of citizen political competence from different political psychology perspectives. Some of the authors in this volume look to affect and emotions to determine how people reach political judgments, others to human cognition and reasoning. Still others focus on perceptions or basic political attitudes such as political ideology. Several demonstrate the impact of values on policy preferences. The collection features chapters from some of the most talented political scientists in the country. The Role Of Affect In Symbolic Politics / David O. Sears -- Emotions And Politics / George E. Marcus And Michael B. Mackuen -- Cognitive Neuroscience, Emotion, And Leadership / Roger D. Masters -- Emotion As Virtue And Vice / Gerald L. Clore And Linda M. Isbell -- An Experimental Study Of Information Search, Memory, And Decision Making During A Political Campaign / Richard R. Lau And David P. Redlawsk -- Political Accounts And Attribution Processes / Kathleen M. Mcgraw -- The Motivated Construction Of Political Judgments / Charles S. Taber, Milton Lodge, And Jill Glathar -- Commentary / Sharon Shavitt And Michelle R. Nelson -- Public Opinion And Democratic Politics / Paul M. Sniderman, Philip E. Tetlock, And Laurel Elms -- Implications Of A Latitude-theory Model Of Citizen Attitudes For Political Campaigning, Debate, And Representation / Gregory Andrade Diamond -- Where You Stand Depends On What You See / Jennifer L. Hochschild -- Commentary / James H. Kuklinski And Jennifer Jerit -- Social Welfare Attitudes And The Humanitarian Sensibility / Stanley Feldman And Marco Steenbergen -- American Individualism Reconsidered / Gregory B. Markus -- Political Value Judgments / Laura Stoker -- Commentary: The Study Of Values / Kenneth A. Rasinski -- Commentary: The Value Of Politics / Melissa A. Orlie. Edited By James H. Kuklinski. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Traces the transformation of opium from a medicine to a narcotic. In a remarkable and broad-ranging narrative, Yangwen Zheng's book explores the history of opium consumption in China from 1483 to the late twentieth century. The story begins in the mid-Ming dynasty, when opium was sent as a gift by vassal states and used as an aphrodisiac in court. Over time, the Chinese people from different classes and regions began to use it for recreational purposes, so beginning a complex culture of opium consumption. The book traces this transformation over a period of five hundred years, asking who introduced opium to China, how it spread across all sections of society, embraced by rich and poor alike as a culture and an institution. The book, which is accompanied by a fascinating collection of illustrations, will appeal to students and scholars of history, anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, and all those with an interest in China "In a broad-ranging narrative, Zheng Yangwen's book explores the history of opium consumption in China from 1483 to the late twentieth century. The story begins in the mid-Ming dynasty, when opium was sent as a gift by vassal states and used as an aphrodisiac in court. Over time, the Chinese people from different classes and regions began to use it for recreational purposes, so beginning a complex culture of opium consumption. The book traces this transformation over a period of 500 years, asking who introduced opium to China, how it spread through all sections of society, embraced by rich and poor alike as a culture and an institution. The book, which is accompanied by a fascinating collection of illustrations, offers a vivid and alternative perspective on life in China, which will be embraced by students of history, anthropology and sociology, and all those with an interest in China."--Jacket Citizens and Politics: Perspectives from Political Psychology brings together some of the research on citizen decision making. It addresses the questions of citizen political competence from different political psychology perspectives. Some of the authors in this volume look to affect and emotions to determine how people reach political judgements, others to human cognition and reasoning. Still others focus on perceptions or basic political attitudes such as political ideology. Several demonstrate the impact of values on policy preferences. The collection features chapters from some of the most talented political scientists in the field. Perspectives from Political Psychology brings together some of the current research on citizen decision making. It addresses the questions of citizen political competence from different political psychology perspectives. Some of the authors in this volume look to affect and emotions to determine how people reach political judgments, others to human cognition and reasoning. Still others focus on perceptions or basic political attitudes such as political ideology. Several demonstrate the impact of values on policy preferences. The collection features chapters from some of the most talented political scientists in the field The history of Opium in China begins in the mid-Ming dynasty, when as a tribute from vassal states, it was initially used as an aphrodisiac in the Ming court. The Chinese then began to collectively redefine the foreign recreational resource's usage and created a complex culture around its comsumption. This book traces the transformation over a period of five hundred years, revealing the nature of Opium's introduction and development in China as a universal cultural institution. Humans often are intensely emotionally involved in remote and abstract political events with only modest direct personal costs and benefits.