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Author: Jan E. Leighley (Professor of Political Science, University of Arizona)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.40cm
, Height: 4.50cm
, Length: 24.60cm
Weight: 1.396kg
ISBN: 9780199604517
ISBN 10: 0199604517
Pages: 796
Publication Date: 16 February 2012
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
Part I: Introduction 1: Jan E. Leighley: Introduction Part II: Research Design 2: Lonna Rae Atkeson: The State of Survey Research as a Research Tool in American Politics 3: Josh Pasek and Jon A. Krosnick: Optimizing Survey Questionnaire Design in Political Science: Insights from Psychology 4: Tiffany C. Davenport, Alan S. Gerber, and Donald P. Green: Field Experiments and the Study of Political Behavior 5: John H. Aldrich and Arthur Lupia: Formal Modeling, Strategic Behavior, and the Study of American Elections Part III: Participation 6: Michael D. Martinez: Why Is American Turnout So Low, and Why Should We Care? 7: Michael P. McDonald: American Voter Turnout in Historical Perspective 8: Fredrick Harris and Daniel Gillion: Expanding the Possibilities: Reconceptualizing Political Participation as a Tool Box 9: Robert D. Brown: Voter Registration: Turnout, Representation, and Reform 10: Robert M. Stein and Greg Vonnahme: Early, Absentee, and Mail-In Voting 11: Karen Mossberger and Caroline J. Tolbert: Digital Democracy: How Politics Online is Changing Electoral Participation 12: R. Michael Alvarez and Thad E. Hall: Voting Technology Part IV: Vote Choice 13: Larry M. Bartels: The Study of Electoral Behavior 14: William G. Jacoby: The American Voter 15: T.K. Ahn, Robert Huckfeldt, Alexander K. Mayer, and John B. Ryan: Politics, Expertise, and Interdependence within Electorates 16: Maria Armoudian, Ann N Crigler: Constructing the Vote: Media Effects in a Constructionist Model 17: Sunshine Hillygus: Campaign Effects on Vote Choice 18: Thomas Holbrook: Forecasting U.S. Presidential Elections Part V: Interests, Self- and Otherwise 19: Suzanna Linn, Jonathan Nagler, and Marco A. Morales: Economics, Elections and Voting Behavior 20: John A. Garcia: Latinos and Political Behavior: Defining Community to Examine Critical Complexities 21: Kira Sanbonmatsu: Organizing American Politics, Organizing Gender 22: John C. Green: Gauging the God Gap: Religion and Voting in U.S. Presidential Elections Part VI: Elections Other than Presidential 23: Barry C. Burden and Amber Wichowsky: Local and National Forces in Congressional Elections 24: Melissa J. Marschall: The Study of Local Elections in American Politics 25: Laura Langer, Meghan Leonard and Andrea Polk: Studying State Judicial Races in a Transformed Electoral Environment 26: Barbara Norrander: Primary Elections 27: Shaun Bowler, Todd Donovan: Direct Democracy in the United States Part VII: Elites and Institutions 28: Walter J. Stone and Matthew K. Buttice: Voters in Context: The Politics of Citizen Behavior 29: Kenneth M. Goldstein and Matthew Holleque: Getting Up Off the Canvass: Rethinking the Study of Mobilization 30: John H. Aldrich and John D. Griffin: Parties, Elections, and Democratic Politics 31: Peter L. Francia: Organized Interests: Evolution and Influence 32: Lynda Powell and Clyde Wilcox: Money and American Elections 33: Bernard Grofman and Thomas L. Brunell: Redistricting 34: Mark N. Franklin and Till Weber: American Electoral Practices in Comparative Perspective Part VIII: Reflections 35: Jane Junn: On Participation: Individuals, Dynamic Categories, and the Context of Power 36: Paul R. Abramson, John H. Aldrich and David W. Rohde: Studying American Elections 37: Patricia A. Hurley and Kim Quaile Hill: In Search of Representation Theory
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Review from previous edition While learning about the state of research in political behavior, readers will find interesting nuggets of information on the development of political science in the US. Summing Up: Recommended. CHOICE The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior is a must-own for anyone interested in mass political behavior ... topics range from different methodologies of research to systematic reviews of enduring puzzles in political behavior. The Handbook offers an excellent overview of where we have been as a field, and a roadmap for where future research should go. Adam J. Berinsky, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are a grandly ambitious undertaking. Success depends on coverage, scholarship, and editorial command. Measured by these standards, the Handbooks will be immensely valuable to the discipline. The right topics are analyzed by knowledgeable scholars and managed by experienced editors. A five-star project that will influence teaching and research for decades. Professor Charles O. Jones, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are a grandly ambitious undertaking. Success depends on coverage, scholarship, and editorial command. Measured by these standards, the Handbooks will be immensely valuable to the discipline. The right topics are analyzed by knowledgeable scholars and managed by experienced editors. A five-star project that will influence teaching and research for decades. * Professor Charles O. Jones, University of Wisconsin-Madison * The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior is a must-own for anyone interested in mass political behavior ... topics range from different methodologies of research to systematic reviews of enduring puzzles in political behavior. The Handbook offers an excellent overview of where we have been as a field, and a roadmap for where future research should go. * Adam J. Berinsky, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. * Review from previous edition While learning about the state of research in political behavior, readers will find interesting nuggets of information on the development of political science in the US. Summing Up: Recommended. * CHOICE *
`Review from previous edition While learning about the state of research in political behavior, readers will find interesting nuggets of information on the development of political science in the US. Summing Up: Recommended.' CHOICE `The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior is a must-own for anyone interested in mass political behavior ... topics range from different methodologies of research to systematic reviews of enduring puzzles in political behavior. The Handbook offers an excellent overview of where we have been as a field, and a roadmap for where future research should go.' Adam J. Berinsky, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. `The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are a grandly ambitious undertaking. Success depends on coverage, scholarship, and editorial command. Measured by these standards, the Handbooks will be immensely valuable to the discipline. The right topics are analyzed by knowledgeable scholars and managed by experienced editors. A five-star project that will influence teaching and research for decades.' Professor Charles O. Jones, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Author Information
Jan E. Leighley, Professor of Political Science at the University of Arizona, has published in the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, and American Politics Quarterly, among others. Her two books include Strength in Numbers? The Political Mobilization of Racial and Ethnic Minorities, published by Princeton University Press, and Mass Media and Politics: A Social Science Perspective. She served as editor (with Kim Quaile Hill) of the American Journal of Political Science, a leading general journal in political science, from 2000-2004 and has served on two advisory panels at the National Science Foundation.
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