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Author: Richard Gunther (Ohio State University, USA.) ,
Paul A. Beck (Ohio State University, USA) ,
Pedro C. Magalhães (University of Lisbon, Portugal) ,
Alejandro Moreno
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.476kg
ISBN: 9781138913325
ISBN 10: 1138913324
Pages: 326
Publication Date: 07 August 2015
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'This book is essential reading for all scholars interested in the democratic role of elections. Analyzing a unique database consisting of survey data from 18 countries it provides important new insights into the relevance of political intermediation through the communications of mass media, political organizations and ordinary citizens for democratic politics on a global scale.' -Rudiger Schmitt-Beck, University of Mannheim 'This insightful book makes productive use of innovative survey questions from a wide range of countries to shed light on long-neglected questions regarding how voters acquire and direct their concerns onto the objects of electoral choice: political parties. In so doing the study introduces an apparently new term to the lexicon of political behavior: political intermediation. The study uses this concept as a lens with which to focus attention on the role of intermediaries (family, friends, the media, and social groups) in framing political choices: roles that appear to condition decisions in the voting booth.' - Mark N. Franklin, European University Institute `La evidencia presentada en Voting in Old and New Democracies ensancha la agenda de investigacion sobre el comportamiento politico-electoral en el mundo, poniendo sobre la mesa la importancia de factores como los canales de intermediacion politica -que influyen en la relacion entre partidos politicos y ciudadanos-, los cuales suelen estar ausentes en el analisis de la decision de voto. Dicha contribucion, sumada a la relevancia que se le da al proceso de modernizacion -ahora experimentado a traves de cambios tecnologicos que se viven en el mundo con el uso de las redes socio-digitales y el Internet- indican que el estudio comparado del comportamiento electoral es todavia una agenda de investigacion abierta a nuevas explicaciones teoricas y hallazgos novedosos. Voting in Old and New democracies contribuye a ello.'-Isaac Cisneros, Perfiles Latinoamericanos
This book is essential reading for all scholars interested in the democratic role of elections. Analyzing a unique database consisting of survey data from 18 countries, it provides important new insights into the relevance of political intermediation through the communications of mass media, political organizations and ordinary citizens for democratic politics on a global scale. -Rudiger Schmitt-Beck, University of Mannheim, Germany. This insightful book makes productive use of innovative survey questions from a wide range of countries to shed light on long-neglected questions regarding how voters acquire and direct their concerns onto the objects of electoral choice: political parties. In so doing the study introduces an apparently new term to the lexicon of political behavior: political intermediation. The study uses this concept as a lens with which to focus attention on the role of intermediaries (family, friends, the media, and social groups) in framing political choices: roles that appear to condition decisions in the voting booth. - Mark N. Franklin, European University Institute ã ã ã ã
This book is essential reading for all scholars interested in the democratic role of elections. Analyzing a unique database consisting of survey data from 18 countries it provides important new insights into the relevance of political intermediation through the communications of mass media, political organizations and ordinary citizens for democratic politics on a global scale. -Rudiger Schmitt-Beck, University of Mannheim
Author Information
Paul A. Beck is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the Ohio State University. Richard Gunther is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the Ohio State University. Pedro C. Magalhães is principal researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon and scientific director of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation. Alejandro Moreno is Professor of Political Science at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), and Director of Public Opinion Research at Reforma newspaper, both in Mexico City.
