The SAGE handbook of electoral behaviour. 2, volume 2

The Study Of Voting Behavior Remains A Vibrant Sub-discipline Of Political Science. The Handbook Of Electoral Behaviour Is An Authoritative And Wide Ranging Survey Of This Dynamic Field, Drawing Together A Team Of The World's Leading Scholars To Provide A State-of-the-art Review That Sets The Agenda For Future Study. Taking An Interdisciplinary Approach And Focusing On A Range Of Countries, The Handbook Is Composed Of Eight Parts. The First Five Cover The Principal Theoretical Paradigms, Establishing The State Of The Art In Their Conceptualization And Application, And Followed By Chapters On Their Specific Challenges And Innovative Applications In Contemporary Voting Studies. The Remaining Three Parts Explore Elements Of The Voting Process To Understand Their Different Effects On Vote Outcomes. The Sage Handbook Of Electoral Behaviour Is An Essential Benchmark Publication For Advanced Students, Researchers, And Practitioners In The Fields Of Politics, Sociology, Psychology, And Research Methods.-- V. 1, Pt. 1. Institutional Approaches ; Pt. 2. Sociological Approaches ; Pt. 3. Partisanship ; Pt. 4. Voter Decision-making -- V. 2, Pt. 5. Issues And Attitudes ; Pt. 6. Candidates And Campaigns ; Pt. 7. Polling And Forecasting ; Pt. 8. Methods. Edited By Kai Arzheimer, Jocelyn Evans And Michael S. Lewis-beck. Sage Reference. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 About the pagination of this eBook 2 The SAGE Handbook ofElectoral Behaviour - Volume 1 5 Contents 7 List of Figures 11 List of Tables 13 Notes on the Editors and Contributors 15 Chapter 1: Introduction 31 Part I: Institutional Approaches 37 Chapter 2: Institutions and Voter Choice: Who Chooses, What Do They Choose Over, and How Do They Choose 39 Chapter 3: Party Systems and Voter Alignments 60 Chapter 4: The Study of Less Important Elections 86 Chapter 5: Clarity of Responsibility and Vote Choice 110 Chapter 6: Voting in New(er) Democracies 122 Part II: Sociological Approaches 165 Chapter 7: Age and Voting 167 Chapter 8: Gender and Voting 189 Chapter 9: Social Class and Voting 207 Chapter 10: Religion 229 Chapter 11: Race, Ethnicity and Elections: From Recognizable Patterns to Generalized Theories 250 Chapter12: Social Networks and Voter Mobilization 271 Part III: Partisanship 293 Chapter 13: The Evolving Role of Partisanship 295 Chapter 14: Party Identification: Meaning and Measurement 317 Chapter 15: Cognitive Mobilization 343 Part IV: Voter Decision-Making 367 Chapter 16: Strategic Voting 369 Chapter 17: Integrating Genetics into the Study of Electoral Behavior 397 Chapter 18: Emotions and Voting 436 Chapter 19: Referendums 463 Chapter 20: Turnout 489 The SAGE Handbook ofElectoral Behaviour - Volume 2 521 Contents 523 Part V: Issues and Attitudes 547 Chapter 21: Ideology and Core Values 549 Chapter 22: Issue Ownership: An Ambiguous Concept 579 Chapter 23: Valence 596 Chapter 24: Value Cleavages 619 Chapter 25: The VP-Function: A Review 642 Chapter 26: The Economic Vote: Ordinary vs. Extraordinary Times 664 Part VI: Candidates and Campaigns 689 Chapter 27: Voter Evaluation of Candidates and Party Leaders 691 Chapter 28: Candidate Location and Vote Choice 712 Chapter 29: The Personal Vote 726 Chapter 30: Candidate Attractiveness 746 Chapter 31: Campaign Effects 767 Chapter 32: Economic Voting in a New Media Environment: Preliminary Evidence and Implications 791 Chapter 33: Campaign Spending 817 Part VII: Polling and Forecasting 843 Chapter 34: Polls and Votes 845 Chapter 35: Econometric Approaches to Forecasting 871 Chapter 36: Wisdom of Crowds 893 Chapter 37: Political Markets 919 Chapter 38: Social Media and Elections: A Meta-Analysis of Online- Based Electoral Forecasts 941 Part VIII: Methods 963 Chapter 39: Experiments 965 Chapter 40: Multi-level Modelling of Voting Behaviour 992 Chapter 41: Cross-National Data Sources: Opportunities and Challenges 1010 Chapter 42: Psephology and Technology, or: The Rise and Rise of the Script-Kiddie 1030 Chapter 43: Conclusion 1054 Index 1063 The study of voting behavior remains a vibrant sub-discipline of political science. The Handbook of Electoral Behaviour is an authoritative and wide ranging survey of this dynamic field, drawing together a team of the world's leading scholars to provide a state-of-the-art review that sets the agenda for future study. Taking an interdisciplinary approach and focusing on a range of countries, the handbook is composed of eight parts. The first five cover the principal theoretical paradigms, establishing the state of the art in their conceptualization and application, and followed by chapters on their specific challenges and innovative applications in contemporary voting studies. The remaining three parts explore elements of the voting process to understand their different effects on vote outcomes. The SAGE Handbook of Electoral Behaviour is an essential benchmark publication for advanced students, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of politics, sociology, psychology, and research methods.-- Provided by Publisher The study of voting behavior remains a vibrant sub-discipline of political science. The Handbook of Electoral Behaviour is an authoritative and wide ranging survey of this dynamic field, drawing together a team of the world's leading scholars to provide a state-of-the-art review that sets the agenda for future study. Taking an interdisciplinary approach and focusing on a range of countries, the handbook is composed of eight parts. The first five cover the principal theoretical paradigms, establishing the state of the art in their conceptualization and application, and followed by chapters on their specific challenges and innovative applications in contemporary voting studies. The remaining three parts explore elements of the voting process to understand their different effects on vote outcomes. The SAGE Handbook of Electoral Behaviour is an essential benchmark publication for advanced students, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of politics, sociology, psychology, and research methods.--De l'éditeur The study of voting behaviour remains a vibrant sub-discipline of political science. The Handbook of Electoral Behaviour is an authoritative and wide ranging survey of this dynamic field, drawing together a team of the world's leading scholars to provide a state-of-the-art review that sets the agenda for future study. Taking an interdisciplinary approach and focusing on a range of countries, the handbook is composed of eight parts. The first five cover the principal theoretical paradigms, establishing the state of the art in their conceptualisation and application, and followed by chapters on their specific challenges and innovative applications in contemporary voting studies. The remaining three parts explore elements of the voting process to understand their different effects on vote outcomes. The SAGE Handbook of Electoral Behaviour is an essential benchmark publication for advanced students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of politics, sociology, psychology and research methods