The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior (Oxford Handbooks)

The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are a set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of scholarship on American politics. Each volume focuses on a particular aspect of the field. The project is under the General Editorship of George C. Edwards III, and distinguished specialists in their respective fields edit each volume. The Handbooks aim not just to report on the discipline, but also to shape it as scholarscritically assess the scholarship on a topic and propose directions in which it needs to move. The series is an indispensable reference for anyone working in American politics.This Handbook offers comprehensive coverage of the various theoretical approaches to the study of American elections and political behavior. The chapters are thoughtful and creative, providing broad overviews of intellectual developments and challenges, as well as incisive commentary on the accomplishments of, and challenges facing, scholars of American politics. Substantively, the Handbook includes chapters focusing on various approaches and issues in research design,political participation, vote choice, presidential and non-presidential elections, and issues, interests and elites as influences on individuals' political behaviour. Each of the chapters offers a working research bibliography, as well as retrospective evaluations of research and discussions of fruitful paths for futureresearch.General Editor for The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics: George C. Edwards III Cover Contents List of Figures List of Tables Abbreviations About the Contributors PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction PART II: RESEARCH DESIGN 2. The State of Survey Research as a Research Tool in American Politics 3. Optimizing Survey Questionnaire Design in Political Science: Insights from Psychology 4. Laboratory Experiments in American Political Behavior 5. Field Experiments and the Study of Political Behavior 6. Formal Modeling, Strategic Behavior, and the Study of American Elections PART III: PARTICIPATION 7. Why is American Turnout So Low, and Why Should We Care? 8. American Voter Turnout in Historical Perspective 9. Expanding the Possibilities: Reconceptualizing Political Participation as a Toolbox 10. Voter Registration: Turnout, Representation, and Reform 11. Early, Absentee, and Mail-In Voting 12. Digital Democracy: How Politics Online is Changing Electoral Participation 13. Voting Technology PART IV: VOTE CHOICE 14. The Study of Electoral Behavior 15. The American Voter 16. Politics, Expertise, and Interdependence within Electorates 17. Constructing the Vote: Media Effects in a Constructionist Model 18. Campaign Effects on Vote Choice 19. Forecasting US Presidential Elections PART V: INTERESTS, SELF- AND OTHERWISE 20. Economics, Elections, and Voting Behavior 21. Latinos and Political Behavior: Defining Community to Examine Critical Complexities 22. Organizing American Politics, Organizing Gender 23. Gauging the God Gap: Religion and Voting in US Presidential Elections PART VI: ELECTIONS OTHER THAN PRESIDENTIAL 24. Local and National Forces in Congressional Elections 25. The Study of Local Elections in American Politics 26. Studying State Judicial Races in a Transformed Electoral Environment 27. Primary Elections 28. Direct Democracy in the United States PART VII: ELITES AND INSTITUTIONS 29. Voters in Context: The Politics of Citizen Behavior 30. Getting Up Off the Canvass: Rethinking the Study of Mobilization 31. Parties, Elections, and Democratic Politics 32. Organized Interests: Evolution and Influence 33. Money and American Elections 34. Redistricting 35. American Electoral Practices in Comparative Perspective PART VIII: REFLECTIONS 36. On Participation: Individuals, Dynamic Categories, and the Context of Power 37. Studying American Elections 38. In Search of Representation Theory Name Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Subject Index A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y
The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior offers comprehensive coverage of the various theoretical approaches to the study of American elections and political behavior. The chapters are thoughtful and creative, providing broad overviews of intellectual developments and challenges, as well as incisive commentary on the accomplishments of, and challenges facing, scholars of American politics. Substantively, the Handbook includes chapters focusing on various approaches and issues in research design, political participation, vote choice, presidential and non-presidential elections, and issues, interests and elites as influences on individuals' political behaviour. Each of the chapters offers a working research bibliography, as well as retrospective evaluations of research and discussions of fruitful paths for future research.

The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are a set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of scholarship on American politics. Each volume focuses on a particular aspect of the field. The project is under the General Editorship of George C. Edwards III, and distinguished specialists in their respective fields edit each volume. The Handbooks aim not just to report on the discipline, but also to shape it as scholars critically assess the scholarship on a topic and propose directions in which it needs to move. The series is an indispensable reference for anyone working in American politics.

General Editor for The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics: George C. Edwards III

This Handbook offers comprehensive coverage of the various theoretical approaches to the study of American elections and political behavior. The chapters are thoughtful and creative, providing broad overviews of intellectual developments and challenges, as well as incisive commentary on the accomplishments of, and challenges facing, scholars of American politics. Substantively, the Handbook includes chapters focusing on various approaches and issues in research design, political participation, vote choice, presidential and non-presidential elections, and issues, interests, and elites as influences on individuals' political behavior. Each of the chapters offers a working research bibliography, as well as retrospective evaluations of research and discussions of fruitful paths for future research. The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics is an eight-volume set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of scholarship on American politics. Each volume focuses on a particular aspect of the field. The project is under the General Editorship of George C. Edwards III, and distinguished specialists in their respective fields edit each volume. The handbooks aim not just to report on the discipline, but also to shape it as scholars critically assess the current state of scholarship on a topic and propose directions in which it needs to move. The series is an indispensable reference for anyone working in American politics. General Editor for The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics : George C. Edwards III The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are a set of reference books offering authoritative and engaging critical overviews of the state of scholarship on American politics. Each volume focuses on a particular aspect of the field. The project is under the General Editorship of George C. Edwards III, and distinguished specialists in their respective fields edit each volume. The Handbooks aim not just to report on the discipline, but also to shape it as scholars critically assess the scholarship on a topic and propose directions in which it needs to move. The series is an indispensable reference for anyone working in American politics. This Handbook offers comprehensive coverage of the various theoretical approaches to the study of American elections and political behavior. The chapters are thoughtful and creative, providing broad overviews of intellectual developments and challenges, as well as incisive commentary on the accomplishments of, and challenges facing, scholars of American politics. Substantively, the Handbook includes chapters focusing on various approaches and issues in research design, political participation, vote choice, presidential and non-presidential elections, and issues, interests and elites as influences on individuals'political behaviour. Each of the chapters offers a working research bibliography, as well as retrospective evaluations of research and discussions of fruitful paths for future research. General Editor for The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics: George C. Edwards III With engaging contributions from the major figures in the field, 'The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior' provides the key point of reference for anyone working in American politics today